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I'd look for someone who's solved the problem before and use their solution. In this case, DateTime, Date::Calc, and/or Date::Manip are all excellent solutions to this problem (and the general problem of dates and times).

In most other situations, you will realize you're solving a problem others have already solved. In the other cases, use a dispatch table or a trinary.

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