#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Date::Manip; use feature 'say'; my $tz = new Date::Manip::TZ; my $dateLocal = ParseDate('now'); my $unixLocal = UnixDate($dateLocal,'%A'); say $unixLocal; my $delta = ParseDateDelta("4 days later"); my $date = DateCalc($dateLocal, $delta); my $newDate = UnixDate($date,'%A'); say $newDate; __END__ $ perl test.pl Thursday Monday