I really don't understand why people insist on reaching for Date::Foo modules so quickly. Both Date::Calc and (especially) Date::Manip are overkill for this problem.

To get the time two weeks ago, simply subtract the relevant number of seconds from the current time. You can then convert that into a human-readable value using localtime or (even easier) POSIX::strftime.

use POSIX 'strftime';

my $then = time - (14 * 24 * 60 * 60);

my $date = strftime ('%Y%m%d', localtime $then);

print $date; # prints 20020524

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You can easily change the format of the date returned by changing the format string passed to strftime.

If you simply must use a CPAN module, then take a look at Time::Piece.

use Time::Piece;
use Time::Seconds;

my $now = localtime; # Now a Time::Piece object
my $then = $now - (14 * ONE_DAY);

print $then->ymd; # or various other output functions

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In reply to Re: Subtracting Dates by davorg
in thread Subtracting Dates by Anonymous Monk

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