my $last_executed = $time_file . ".txt"; return 1 unless (-e $last_executed); open(IN, '<' . $last_executed); my $time = ; close(IN); my $valid_time = $time; return 1 if ( $valid_time !~ m/(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})(?:T)?(\d{2}):(\d{2})/gi ); my ($year, $month, $day, $hour, $min) = $time =~ m#(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})(?:T)?(\d{2}):(\d{2})#gi; my $dt1 = DateTime->new ( year => $year, month => $month, day => $day,hour => $hour, minute => $min); my $time2 = localtime->datetime; my ($year2, $month2, $day2, $hour2, $min2) = $time2 =~ m#(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})(?:T)?(\d{2}):(\d{2})#gi; my $dt2 = DateTime->new ( year => $year2, month => $month2, day => $day2,hour => $hour2, minute => $min2);