#!/usr/bin/perl -- use strict; use Date::Manip; Date_Init("TZ=EST5EDT"); print "Hello, World...\n"; my $date = '30-04-2010'; $date = UnixDate($date, "%e/%b/%y"); print "$date\n"; print scalar UnixDate($date, "%g"),"\n"; __END__ Hello, World... 20/Apr/30 Sun, 20 Apr 1930 00:00:00 EST