#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use Time::Piece; my $date_format = '%Y-%m-%d'; my $hiredate = Time::Piece->strptime('2014-05-05', $date_format ); my $nowdate = Time::Piece->strptime('2016-04-15', $date_format ); my $elapsed_seconds = $nowdate - $hiredate; my $elapsed_days = $elapsed_seconds/86400; print " Hire Date: $hiredate\n"; print " Now Date: $nowdate\n"; print " Elapsed Days: $elapsed_days\n"; exit;