use strict;
use warnings;

>snip<

sub new_date {

 my ( $year, $month, $day ) = (localtime)[ 5, 4, 3 ];
 sprintf( "%04d%02d%02d", ( $year += 1900 ), $month + 1, $day );
}
$passed_new_date = new_date();

sub new_date_append {

 return $monster_date = "OhioS$passed_new_date";
}
$fref = \&new_date_append();  ###--- HERE is my REF ---###


>snip<

if ( $passed_new_date and $$fref ) {
   calls 2 subs....
}