####THIS CODE IS ALL IN A WHILE LOOP SO THE VALUE
#### OF $remoteIP MAY BE CHANGING EACH TIME

#sets the hash for first time thru the loop
if (! exists ($hash{$remoteIP})){
        $hash{$remoteIP} = 99999999999999999999999999999
}
    print $hash{$remoteIP}."\n";

# checks if epoch time of $remoteIP is less greater
#than the previous time set for that variable.
# if so, it updates it so the value of the key
# is the earliest time
    if ($hash{$remoteIP} > $logDate){
	$hash{$remoteIP} = $logDate;
    }
    print $hash{$remoteIP}."\n";

    print %hash;

    my @k = keys %hash;
    my @v = values %hash;

    if ($remoteIP ~~ @k){
	if ($hash{$remoteIP} > $logDate){
            print "YAY IT WORKED";
        }
    }


##</code><code>##

 if ($remoteIP ~~ @k){
	if ($hash{$remoteIP} > $v[$remoteIP]){
            print "YAY IT WORKED";
        }
    }