for (my $i=0;$i<$size;$i++) { #print "\n". $date[$i]; @yeardate[$i] = substr($date[$i],6,4); @monthdate[$i] = substr($date[$i],3,2); @daydate[$i] = substr($date[$i],0,2); } #print "\n array of date is : @date\n"; #print "\n array of year is : @yeardate\n"; #print "\n array of month is : @monthdate\n"; #print "\n array of day is : @daydate\n"; #------------------------------------------------ my $x=-1; $max_year = $yeardate[0]; foreach $yeareach (@yeardate[1..$#yeardate]) {$x++; $max_year= $yeareach if $yeareach gt $max_year; } #print"\n max_year is :" .$max_year. "\n\n"; #------------------------------------------------------------------ $y = 0; $max_month = $monthdate[0]; foreach $montheach (@monthdate[1..$#monthdate]) { $y++; $max_month= $montheach if (($montheach >= $max_month) && ($yeardate[$y] == $max_year)); } #print"\n max_month is ".$max_month. "\n\n"; #-------------------------------------------------------------- $z = 0; $max_day = $daydate[0]; foreach $dayeach (@daydate[1..$#daydate]) { $z++; $max_day= $dayeach if (($dayeach >= $max_day) && (@yeardate[$z] == $max_year)&& (@monthdate[$z] == $max_month)); } #print"\n".$max_day. "\n\n"; #---------------------------------------------------------------- $latestdate = $max_day."-".$max_month."-"."$max_year"; print "\n\nFolder with latestdate: ". $latestdate. "\n\n"; #----------------------------------------------------------------