diff --git a/build.pl b/build.pl
index a1c4ead..f27c6bb 100755
--- a/build.pl
+++ b/build.pl
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use File::Copy::Recursive qw(dircopy);
 use File::Find qw(finddepth);
 use File::Path qw(make_path);
 use Markdent::Simple::Fragment;
+use POSIX qw(strftime);
 use Text::Template;
 
 use strict;
@@ -144,6 +145,12 @@ sub include_tmpl {
 ## End subroutines
 
 
+my %utils = {
+    strftime => \&strftime,
+    include_tmpl => \&include_tmpl,
+};
+
+
 # make posts dir or die
 mkpath($postout_path) or die "Unable to create directory.";
 
@@ -155,7 +162,9 @@ foreach my $post (@posts) {
         next;
     }
     print "  Processing $post->{fname}...\n";
-    my $post_content = $post_tmpl->fill_in(HASH => { post => \$post, include_tmpl => \&include_tmpl });
+    my %post_hash = %utils;
+    $post_hash{post} = \$post;
+    my $post_content = $post_tmpl->fill_in(HASH => %post_hash);
     if (defined($post_content)) {
         open(POSTOUT, '>', "$postout_path/$post->{fname}.html") or die("Unable to write $post->{fname}.html: $!");
         print POSTOUT $post_content;
@@ -170,10 +179,9 @@ my @pages = all_pages_for_dir $pages_dir;
 foreach my $pg (@pages) {
     mkpath(dirname("$out_path/" . $pg->{fname})) or die "Unable to create directory.";
     print "  Processing $pg->{fname}...\n";
-    my $page_content = $pg->{tmpl}->fill_in(HASH => {
-            posts => \@posts,
-            include_tmpl => \&include_tmpl,
-        });
+    my %page_hash = %utils;
+    $page_hash{posts} = \@posts;
+    my $page_content = $pg->{tmpl}->fill_in(HASH => %page_hash);
     if (defined($page_content)) {
         open(PGOUT, '>', "$out_path/$pg->{fname}") or die("Unable to write $pg->{fname}: $!");
         print PGOUT $page_content;
diff --git a/ptouch.pl b/ptouch.pl
index 4d9236a..eb7c6dd 100755
--- a/ptouch.pl
+++ b/ptouch.pl
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 use strict;
 use utf8;
 use Getopt::Std;
-use POSIX qw(strftime);
 use Tie::File;
 
 $::VERSION = "1.0.0";
@@ -21,18 +20,18 @@ if (defined $opts{n}) {
     die "Neither -n[ew] nor -e[dited] are defined!";
 }
 
-my $pretty_date = strftime "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M", localtime;
+my $timestamp = localtime;
 
 my $fname = shift @ARGV;
 tie my @fharr, 'Tie::File', $fname or die $!;
 
 my $done = 0;
 for (@fharr) {
-    if (s/^$metavar=.+/$metavar=$pretty_date/) {
+    if (s/^$metavar=.+/$metavar=$timestamp/) {
         print "$fname:$.: Overwriting existing \`$metavar\'\n";
         $done++;
     }
-    if (s/^(---)$/$metavar=$pretty_date\n$1/) {
+    if (s/^(---)$/$metavar=$timestamp\n$1/) {
         print "$fname:$.: Inserting new \`$metavar\'\n";
         $done++;
     }
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ for (@fharr) {
 
 if (!$done) {
     print "$fname: No content and no \`$metavar\', inserting at end\n";
-    push @fharr, "$metavar=$pretty_date";
+    push @fharr, "$metavar=$timestamp";
 }
 
 untie @fharr;