#!/usr/bin/env perl -l use strict; use warnings; use Time::Piece; use Time::Seconds; my $date1 = "2014/01/25 23:11:14"; my $date2 = "2014/01/26 00:30:37"; my $format = '%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S'; my $t0 = Time::Piece->strptime($date1, $format); my $t1 = Time::Piece->strptime($date2, $format); my $diff = $t1 - $t0; my $mins = int $diff->minutes; my $secs = $diff - $mins * 60; print "Minutes: $mins"; print "Seconds: $secs";