$begindate_fields[2];

##</code><code>##

@begindate_fields[2];

##</code><code>##

use strict;
use warnings;

##</code><code>##

my $normalized_begindate = $begindate_fields[1] . "/" .    # Month
                           $begindate_fields[2] . "/" .    # Day
                           $begindate_fields[0];           # Year
my $normalized_enddate   = $enddate_fields  [1] . "/" .    # Month
                           $enddate_fields  [2] . "/" .    # Day
                           $enddate_fields  [0];           # Year