my $i; for $i (0..$#items) { print "-------------\n"; my %hash = %{$items[$i]}; my $d = Dumper(\%hash); print "$d\n"; # my $date = $hash{Date}; } #### for my $hashref (@items) { my $d = Dumper($hashref); print "$d\n"; # my $date = $hashref->{Date}; }