#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Class::Date; my $date = new Class::Date [`date +%Y`, `date +%m`, 1, 0, 0, 0]; my $curMonthEpoch = $date->epoch; my $prevMonthEpoch = $curMonthEpoch - 1; print "Last Date of Prev Month=".`date --date='\@$prevMonthEpoch' +%d`;