#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use Time::Piece::Plus; my $today = Time::Piece::Plus->today; my $date = Time::Piece::Plus->strptime("2015-04-20", '%Y-%m-%d'); print "Date: $date tzoffset=", $date->tzoffset, "\n"; print "Today: $today tzoffset=", $today->tzoffset, "\n"; print "Diff: ", ($date - $today), "\n";