use strict; use warnings; use Time::Local; use Test::More "no_plan"; sub lastq_bday { my( $y, $m, $d ) = unpack 'A4A2A2', shift; my $q = int( ($m-1) /3 ) * 3; my $first = timelocal(0,0,12,1,$q,$y); $first -= 60*60*24; # last day of previous quarter my @t = localtime($first); $t[3] -= 2 if $t[6] == 0; #Sunday $t[3] -= 1 if $t[6] == 6; #Saturday return sprintf ("%d%02d%02d",1900+$t[5],$t[4]+1,$t[3]); } is ( lastq_bday("20110901"),"20110630"); is ( lastq_bday("20120101"),"20111230"); is ( lastq_bday("20110215"),"20101231"); is ( lastq_bday("20110407"),"20110331"); is ( lastq_bday("20110808"),"20110630"); is ( lastq_bday("20110101"),"20101231");