#! /usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Win32::OLE::Variant;
use Win32::OLE::NLS qw/ :LOCALE :DATE /;

my $v = Win32::OLE::Variant->new(VT_DATE, shift || 'Sep 3,2001');
print $v->Date( 'yyyy/MM/dd' ), "\n";
print $v->Number( {ThousandSep => '', DecimalSep => '.'}), "\n";


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E:\david\perl>perl wov.pl "Sep 3,2001"
2001/09/03
37137.00

E:\david\perl>perl wov.pl "Jan 1,1900"
1900/01/01
2.00

E:\david\perl>perl wov.pl "Jan 2,1900"
1900/01/02
3.00

E:\david\perl>perl wov.pl "Jan 3,1900"
1900/01/03
4.00