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TASdvlper,
Here is a TIMTOWTDI solution. The Seconds2English module you will not find on CPAN as I wrote for learning purposes. I have actually refined it quite a bit, but unfortunately that code is unavailable at the moment.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Time::Local;
use Seconds2English;

my $date1 = epoch('2004-01-14');
my $date2 = epoch('2003-12-25');
my $diff = Seconds2English->new('start' => $date2 - $date1);

print "The difference is " , $diff->in_days, " days\n";

sub epoch {
    my ($year, $month, $day) = split '-' , shift;
    return timelocal(0 , 0 , 12, $day , $month - 1, $year);
}
__END__
The difference is 20 days
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Cheers - L~R

In reply to Re: Comparing two dates and getting back difference in days by Limbic~Region
in thread Comparing two dates and getting back difference in days by TASdvlper

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