to find latest date in DD-MM-YYYY.

for (my $i=0;$i<$size;$i++)
{
#print "\n". $date[$i];
@yeardate[$i] = substr($date[$i],6,4);
@monthdate[$i] = substr($date[$i],3,2);
@daydate[$i] = substr($date[$i],0,2);
}

#print  "\n array of date is : @date\n";
#print  "\n array of year is : @yeardate\n";
#print  "\n array of month is : @monthdate\n";
#print  "\n array of day is : @daydate\n";
#------------------------------------------------
my $x=-1;

$max_year = $yeardate[0];
foreach $yeareach (@yeardate[1..$#yeardate])
{$x++;
$max_year= $yeareach if $yeareach gt $max_year;

}
#print"\n max_year is :" .$max_year. "\n\n";



#------------------------------------------------------------------
$y = 0;


$max_month = $monthdate[0];
foreach $montheach (@monthdate[1..$#monthdate])
{
$y++;
$max_month= $montheach if (($montheach >= $max_month) && ($yeardate[$y
+] == $max_year));


}
#print"\n max_month is ".$max_month. "\n\n";

#--------------------------------------------------------------
$z = 0;

$max_day = $daydate[0];
foreach $dayeach (@daydate[1..$#daydate])
{
$z++;
$max_day= $dayeach if (($dayeach >= $max_day) && (@yeardate[$z] == $ma
+x_year)&& (@monthdate[$z] == $max_month));
}
#print"\n".$max_day. "\n\n";
#----------------------------------------------------------------
$latestdate = $max_day."-".$max_month."-"."$max_year";
print "\n\nFolder with latestdate: ". $latestdate. "\n\n";
#----------------------------------------------------------------
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