#!/usr/bin/perl -slw use strict; use warnings; use Time::Local; use Test::More "no_plan"; sub lastBusinessDayPrevQ { my( $y, $m, $d ) = unpack 'A4A2A2', shift; my $t = timelocal( 0,0,12, $d, $m-1, $y ); $t -= 43200 until localtime( $t ) !~ m[Mar|Jun|Sep|Dec]; $t -= 43200 until localtime( $t ) =~ m[Mar|Jun|Sep|Dec]; $t -= 43200 until localtime( $t ) =~ m[Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri]; ( $y, $m, $d ) = unpack 'x20a4 X20a3 xa2', scalar localtime( $t ); $m = { Mar=>'03', Jun=>'06', Sep=>'09', Dec=>'12' }->{ $m }; return join '', $y, $m, $d; } test(); sub test { ok ( lastBusinessDayPrevQ("20110901") eq "20110630"); ok ( lastBusinessDayPrevQ("20120101") eq "20111230"); }