if ($lineData[18] eq $date) {

##</code><code>##

warn "comparing $lineData[18] to $date\n";

if ($lineData[18] eq $date) {

##</code><code>##

no warnings;
print '12/Mar/2004' eq '12/Mar/2004' ? 1 : 0;   should be 1
print '12/Mar/2004' == '12/Mar/2004' ? 1 : 0;   ????

print '31/Mar/2004' eq '12/Mar/2004' ? 1 : 0;   should be 0
print '31/Mar/2004' == '12/Mar/2004' ? 1 : 0;   ????

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