I'm going in circles trying to re-invent the wheel and there must be an easier way. I need to tell the time that has elapsed between two dates. 
$hiredate = "2014-05-05";
$nowdate = "2016-04-15";

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I've tried to spilt the numbers up and do some math, but it doesn't work. I'm ending up with negative numbers if the months are the same, etc., etc. This was my lame attempt. Can someone give me a better way? 
@words = split (/-/, $hiredate);
    $hire_yr = "@words[0]";
    $hire_mo = "@words[1]";
    $hire_day = "@words[2]";
    
@words_now = split (/-/, $ymd);    
    $now_yr = "@words_now[0]";
    $now_mo = "@words_now[1]";
    $now_day = "@words_now[2]";

  
    
    $since_yr = $now_yr - $hire_yr;
    $since_mo = $now_mo - $hire_mo;
    $since_day = $now_day - $hire_day;
    
    
     
     unless ($since_mo == abs($since_mo)) {
     $since_yr = $since_yr -1;
     }

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In reply to How do I tell the time between two dates? by htmanning

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