Dates can be compared as strings if they follow the YYYY-MM-DD pattern (compulsory
xkcd reference).
sub mdy2ymd {
my ($mdy) = @_;
$mdy =~ /(..)-(..)-(....)/ and return "$3-$1-$2";
}
my @filtered = sort {
mdy2ymd($a->{Date}) cmp mdy2ymd($b->{Date})
} @$data;
For longer lists, you might want to use the Schwartzian transform so Perl doesn't have to convert each date several times.
Better yet, store the dates directly in the YYYY-MM-DD format and you can sort them the way you wanted.
map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]||0,1}[\*||{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^*ARGV,3]
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