or download this
my $times = $ARGV[1];
my ($start_time, $end_time) = ( $times =~ /^(\d{6})-(\d{6})$/ ) or die
+ "Time values are not in correct form\n";
...
( $start_date ) = ( $dates =~ /^(\d{6})$/ ) or die "Date values not
+ in correct form";
$end_date = $start_date;
}