Thanks guys I am aware of the leap year but I did not want to further confuse myself so for now I am just trying to ease myself in to understanding. I added this sub routine but it only keeps 365 so even if put a date of 2 years e.g. 1-jan-2000 to 1-jan-2002 it still only gives 365 as the number of days. 

sub isFullYear{
my$startDay=shift;
my$endDay=shift;
my$sMon=shift;
my$eMon=shift;
my$fullYear;
if ( NumberOfDaysBetween($startDay,$endDay ,$endDay,$eMon) == 365){
    $fullYear=365;
    }
    return $fullYear;
}

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this is the call for the sub in the main

my$years= ($cy-$y) * isFullYear($d,$cd ,$m,$cm);
$days= $days + NumberOfDaysBetween($d,31,$m,12) + NumberOfDaysBetween(
+1,$cd,1,$cm) + $years;
    print "$days";

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In reply to Re^2: perl basic count days between two dates by scripter87
in thread perl basic count days between two dates by scripter87

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