hello monks I am having an issue filling out a form with valid information. Here is my code: 
#! /usr/bin/perl

use Web::Scraper;
use WWW::Mechanize;
use WWW::Mechanize::FormFiller;
use LWP::UserAgent;

#This block of code follows from the CAPS homepage to the Account Inqu
+iries link
my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new();
my $url = "http://caps.usps.gov/capshome.asp";
    $mech->get($url);
    $mech->follow_link( url => 'https://caps.usps.gov/ssl_caps/caps_ai
+.asp');
if ($mech->success()){
print "Successful Connection\n";
} else {
    print "Not a successful connection\n"; }


#enter start and end date
print "Enter Start date in the form of MMDDYY:\n";
my $start_date = <STDIN>;
chomp;
print "Please Enter an end date in the form of MMDDYY:\n";
my $end_date = <STDIN>;
chomp;

#This block of code is intended to fill in the required forms
$mech->get("https://caps.usps.gov/ssl_caps/caps_ai.asp");
my $usr = "11111"; #not valid id for security purposes
my $pw = "1111"; #not valid pw for security
$mech->form_number(1);
$mech->field( "capsn", $usr);
$mech->form_number(2);
$mech->field("capsp", $pw);
$mech->form_number(3);
$mech->field( "startdate", $start_date);
$mech->form_number(4);
$mech->field( "enddate", $end_date);
$mech->click();

#print the content (for debugging)
print $mech->content;

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The message I get with the displayed content is that I did not enter a valid starting date, but I have. Any help is greatly appreciated! Love, PerlSufi

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