in reply to Getopt::Long with default
script --EndDate #outputs: Start = 0 and End = 9999999999
If you just want a default value, just init your variable, i.e.
my $End=999999999; GetOptions( ...
PS: Error descriptions like "my code fails" are not very useful. Please give us a bit more info HOW it is not working next time
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