%reversed = reverse %hash; @sorted = sort {sorter($a, $b)} keys %reversed; foreach $key(@sorted) { print $key; print $co->a ( {-href => "/References/$reversed{$key}"},$reversed{$key} ), $co->p; } #### sub sorter { $a = shift; $b = shift; if($hashYear{$a} < $hashYear{$b}) { return $a; } elsif($hashYear{$a} == $hashYear{$b}) { if($hashMonth{$a} < $hashMonth{$b}) { return $a; } elsif($hashMonth{$a} == $hashMonth{$b}) { if($hashDay{$a} < $hashDay{$b}) { return $a; } } } else { #b is greater than a (or, in a rare case the are completly equal) return $b; } }