#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; my %months; @months{qw{Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec}} = '01' .. '12'; my $out_fmt = '%4d-%s-%02d'; my ($Map_Request_Date, $Map_Due_Date, $Map_Cutover_Date, $Map_Complete_Date, $Map_Approved_Date ) = ( 'Jan 1 2017 12:00', 'Jan 31 2017 12:00', 'Feb 28 2017 23:59', 'Mar 1 2017 12:01', 'Dec 31 1999 0:01' ); my @var_refs = \( $Map_Request_Date, $Map_Due_Date, $Map_Cutover_Date, $Map_Complete_Date, $Map_Approved_Date ); print "$$_\n" for @var_refs; for (@var_refs) { my ($m, $d, $y, undef) = split ' ', $$_; $$_ = sprintf $out_fmt, $y, $months{$m}, $d; } print "$$_\n" for @var_refs; #### Jan 1 2017 12:00 Jan 31 2017 12:00 Feb 28 2017 23:59 Mar 1 2017 12:01 Dec 31 1999 0:01 2017-01-01 2017-01-31 2017-02-28 2017-03-01 1999-12-31