Hey all, I was trying to do some "stuff" if a condition was tru based on time.
Here is how I was hoping it will work:
if Today eq 5days_lest_then_end_of_month;
do stuff
else
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I know it seems simple but what if i told you that those five days have to be business days.
Look at what i had so far thanks to a friend:-)

#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w

use diagnostics;
use strict;

use Date::Calc qw(:all);
use Date::Calendar;
use Date::Calendar::Profiles qw( $Profiles );

my $cal = Date::Calendar->new( $Profiles->{'DE-NW'} ); # or wherever y
+ou are


my @today = Today();

my @date = Add_Delta_YM($today[0],$today[1],1, 0,1); # first of next m
+onth

my $date = $cal->add_delta_workdays(@date,-5); # 5 business days befor
+e that
#my $date = $cal->add_delta_workdays(@date,-5); # 5 business days befo
+re that

$date->date_format(2);

print "date = $date\n";
print "today = @today\n";

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This prints out:
date = Fri 23-Nov-2001
today = 2001 11 21

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So i guess the question is that all i need is to somehow rearrange these dates in a standard form so i can use it in that conditional. As always, any suggestions will be very helpful...Thanks

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