#my $date = "$mon/$mday/$year"; my $date = "10/13/2006"; if ($date=~/^(\d{1})\/(\d{2})\/(\d{4})/) { $date="0".$1."\/".$2."\/".$3; print "
L1 - $date
\n"; } elsif($date=~/^(\d{2})\/(\d{1})\/(\d{4})/) { $date=$1."\/0".$2."\/".$3; print "
L2 - $date
\n"; } elsif($date=~/^(\d{2})\/(\d{2})\/(\d{4})/) { $date=$1."\/0".$2."\/".$3; print "
L3 - $date
\n"; } else{ $date=~/^(\d{1})\/(\d{1})\/(\d{4})/; $date="0".$1."\/0".$2."\/".$3; print "
L4 - $date
\n"; }