#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use DateTime; use DateTime::Format::Strptime; use Datetime::Set; # use Data::Dumper; my $strp = DateTime::Format::Strptime->new( pattern => '%Y-%m-%d %T', ); my $datf = qq{2012-01-01 04:00:00}; my $datt = qq{2012-01-02 23:00:00}; my $start = $strp->parse_datetime($datf); my $end = $strp->parse_datetime($datt); while( $start < $end ){ print "$start\n" if $start->hour > 6 and $start->hour < 23; $start->add( hours => 1 ); }