Re: How do I Compare Dates

[tenatious]

If the date you want to compare is in the same format as that you are pulling from the database, you might be able to perform a SELECT statement on it and let the database tell you which date is younger (or older).

This method requires a connection to a database, and might not be the fastest way, but if you are designing for portability, would require less packages be installed than going whole hog and installing Date::Manip.

You could also just compare the dates manually. I.e:

($d,$m,$y) = split /-/, $date;
$dv1 = $d+31*$m+365*$y;
($d,$m,$y) = split /-/, $date_from_db;
$dv2 = $d+31*$m+365*$y;

if ($dv1 < $dv2) {
    something;
    ...
    ...
    done;
}