-M Script start time minus file modification time, in days
I think this explains what you are seeing perl -E 'say "START TIME",$^T; qx(touch $_), sleep(5), say -M for "/tmp/file"; say "STAT ON FILE", (stat(_))[9]' output when I ran it START TIME1434460114 0 STAT ON FILE1434460114 1) script starts $^T is set to 1434460114 2) almost immediately the file "/tmp/file"...
Why does perldoc evaluate 'Münster' as 'Muenster'
Found this RT ticket http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=39000 This "bug" seems to be introduced with Perl 5.10 and perhaps this was solved in later versions. Also see: How can I use Unicode characters in Perl POD-derived man pages? and incorrect behaviour of perldoc with UTF-8 texts. You should add the latest available version...