https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/perl-help/m-p/3607207#M104200 You can do this with localtime() to get the present time and check if it is 11PM to 6AM then, do not send mail. <BR /><BR />Put check loop as,<BR /><BR /><BR /> my $hour=(localtime(time))[2];<BR /> if ( $hour =&gt; 23 || $hour &lt;= 6 ) <BR /> {<BR /> # Donot send mail<BR /> } else<BR /> {<BR /> # send mail<BR /> }<BR /><BR />hth. Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:21:29 GMT Muthukumar_5 2005-08-19T00:21:29Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/perl-help/m-p/3607206#M104199 Hi,<BR /><BR />I have a Perl script which executes hourly and generates some reports from the log files.<BR /><BR />I send emails with the log data in case there are some errors in the logs.<BR /><BR />Now the need is that I should not send the emails from 11PM till 6 AM in the morning since it is the maintenance window of some of our downstream systems. <BR /><BR />The Perl script should get executed but the emails should not be send even if there are errors in the tiime between 11PM-6AM.<BR /><BR />Can anyone please tell me how should I accomplish the task<BR /><BR />Thanks,<BR />Pat Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:46:21 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/perl-help/m-p/3607206#M104199 Pat Peter 2005-08-18T17:46:21Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/perl-help/m-p/3607207#M104200 You can do this with localtime() to get the present time and check if it is 11PM to 6AM then, do not send mail. <BR /><BR />Put check loop as,<BR /><BR /><BR /> my $hour=(localtime(time))[2];<BR /> if ( $hour =&gt; 23 || $hour &lt;= 6 ) <BR /> {<BR /> # Donot send mail<BR /> } else<BR /> {<BR /> # send mail<BR /> }<BR /><BR />hth. Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:21:29 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/perl-help/m-p/3607207#M104200 Muthukumar_5 2005-08-19T00:21:29Z