my @month_names = qw( undef, jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sept oct nov dec ); my @month_days = ( undef, 31, &feb_days, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31 ); my $months = { name => { map{ $_, $month_names[$_]} 1..12 }, number => { map{ $month_names[$_], $_ } 1..12 }, days => { map{ $_, $month_days[$_], $month_names[$_], $month_days[$_] } 1..12 }, }; print "Month number 4 is ", $months->{name}->{4}, "\n"; print "Month mar is number ", $months->{number}->{mar}, "\n"; print "Days in month feb ", $months->{days}->{feb}, "\n"; print "Days in month 4 ", $months->{days}->{4}, "\n"; use Data::Dumper; print Dumper $months; sub feb_days { check_leap_year( get_year() ) ? 29 : 28 } sub get_year { (localtime())[5] + 1900 } sub check_leap_year { my $year = shift; my $leap_year = 0; $leap_year = 1 if $year % 4 == 0; $leap_year = 0 if $year % 100 == 0 and $year % 400 != 0; return $leap_year; }