sub find_gaps { my ($pdate, @dates) = sort {$a <=> $b} map { my ($y,$m) = split /-/; $y*12 + $m - 1 } keys %{+pop}; my @skips; foreach (@dates) { push @skips, $pdate+1 .. $_-1; $pdate = $_; } [ map { int ($_/12) . "-" . (1 + $_%12) } @skips ]; }