You should also have a look at Date::Manip and Date::Calc. Both offer a large range of features that will probably cover your needs. Especially Date::Manip's ParseDate() function is a real time saver for tasks like this.

Example: 

> perl -MDate::Manip -e 'print UnixDate(ParseDate("October 2nd"), "%Y-
+%
m-%d"), "\n"'
2001-10-02

> perl -MDate::Manip -e 'print UnixDate(DateCalc("October 2nd", "+ 20 
+days", \$err), "%Y-%m-%d"), "\n"'
2001-10-22

> perl -MDate::Manip -e 'print UnixDate(ParseDate("today"), "%Y-%m-%d"
+)
, "\n"'
2001-09-28

> perl -MDate::Manip -e 'print UnixDate(ParseDate("10 days"), "%Y-%m-%
+d
"), "\n"'
2001-10-08

> perl -MDate::Manip -e 'print UnixDate(ParseDate("10 days ago"), "%Y-
+%
m-%d"), "\n"'
2001-09-18

> perl -MDate::Manip -e 'print UnixDate(ParseDate("Monday 1 week ago")
+,
 "%Y-%m-%d"), "\n"'
2001-09-17

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In reply to Re: Add A Number of Days to Today's Date by clemburg
in thread Add A Number of Days to Today's Date by rline

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