Check out the Time::Local module.
-----Original Message----- From: Ho, Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 8:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Perl dates Hi guys, I was wondering if you could help me. I have a variable in my perl code called $deadline_date. I assign $deadline_date the value 20011212. The date format is YYYYMMDD. I have a file which contains 2 columns of values i.e. date and product as follows: 20011001 abc 20010701 bcd 20011101 efg 20010201 hij I need to select those rows which has a date less than 3 months before the $deadline_date i.e. rows 1 and 3 How can I use DATE functionalities in perl to do this comparison ? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance Tony -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
