While using a module or a database's built in time/date functions
would be best you can do it as a straight numeric comparison.
But you must be very careful as to how you order those numbers or you'll get
Improper results.
# yyyymmdd
$foo = 20030101;
$bar = 20021231;
# can even add hours minutes seconds but I'll leave that as an
# Exercise in logic :)
if( $foo > $bar ){ print "\$foo is greater then \$bar \n"; }
elsif( $foo == $bar){ print "\$foo is equal to \$bar \n"; }
else { print "\$bar is greater then \$foo \n"; }
HTH
DMuey
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