use Date::Ordinal; $ord = month2ord('January'); # $ord gets 1 $mon = ord2month('1'); # $mon gets 'January' $mon = ord2month(1); # $mon gets 'January' $mon = ord2month('01'); # $mon gets 'January' $arryref = all_month_ordinations @arry = all_month_names $arryref = all_month_names_ref $arryref = all_short_month_names_ref $arryref = all_day_ordinations $arryref = all_hour_ordinations $arryref = all_minute_ordinations $hashref = ordination_month_pair # {'01' => 'January', ... } @day = days