my @data;
push @data, {name => "Submitted", date => 01/03/08 };
push @data, { name => "Submitted", date => 04/04/09 };
push @data, { name => "Submitted", date => 12/01/08};
push @data, { name => "Submitted", date => 12/01/09};
push @data, { name => "Submitted", date => 08/10/08};

my @sorted =  sort { $a->{date} <=> $b->{date} } @data;