#usr/bin/perl -w 

use strict;
use Data::Dumper; #core Perl module
use Time::Local;  #core Perl module

#This "sort of works", but not completely

my @valid_dates =
  #timegm( $sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year ) 
  [timegm (0,0,16,4,10,  2014), timegm (0,0,22,5,10,2014)], #2014 
  [timegm (0,0,16,5,10,  2013), timegm (0,0,22,6,10,2013)], #2013
  [timegm (0,0,16,6,10,  2012), timegm (0,0,22,7,10,2012)], #2012
;

print Dumper \@valid_dates;

__END__
prints:
$VAR1 = [
          [
            1415116800,
            1415224800
          ]
        ];

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which I think is right as far as it goes. I want a array of arrays and this doesn't seem to do it. I am perplexed as to why the first line of the array def "works" and the rest do not?

There are no compile errors with this code.

I can think of other ways to accomplish the objective. The question is the easiest way to do this?

Update

Thanks! Sometimes these simple things are hard. /Marshall 

my @valid_dates =
  #timegm( $sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year ) 
  ([timegm (0,0,16,4,10,  2014), timegm (0,0,22,5,10,2014)], #2014 
   [timegm (0,0,16,5,10,  2013), timegm (0,0,22,6,10,2013)], #2013
   [timegm (0,0,16,6,10,  2012), timegm (0,0,22,7,10,2012)],)#2012
;

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In reply to generating an array of array by Marshall

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