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actually, no, since perl is so flexable, it will return the greatest<br />
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1/2/3<br />
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3 ranked highest<br />
then 1<br />
then 2<br />
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actually, no, since perl is so flexable, it will return the greatest

1/2/3

3 ranked highest
then 1
then 2



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return $yeara &lt;=&gt; $yearb or $montha &lt;=&gt; $monthb or $daya &lt;=&gt; $dayb;<br />
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#or<br />
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return (join'',reverse split'/',$a) cmp (join'',reverse split'/',$b);
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return $yeara <=> $yearb or $montha <=> $monthb or $daya <=> $dayb;

#or

return (join'',reverse split'/',$a) cmp (join'',reverse split'/',$b);

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I have a date string like this<br />
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dd/mm/yyyy<br />
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and i need to be able to do computations on it, such as is this date newer than this one<br />
<br />
both dates are strings in the above format<br />
<br />
how do i do this in perl
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I have a date string like this

dd/mm/yyyy

and i need to be able to do computations on it, such as is this date newer than this one

both dates are strings in the above format

how do i do this in perl

How to comput the date

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