use Date::Calc qw( Days_in_Month Add_Delta_Days Day_of_Week ); $day = Days_in_Month($year,$month); while (1) { while ($holiday[$year][$month][$day]) { ($year,$month,$day) = Add_Delta_Days($year,$month,$day, -1); } $dow = Day_of_Week($year,$month,$day); if ($dow > 5) { ($year,$month,$day) = Add_Delta_Days($year,$month,$day, 5-$dow); } else { last; } }