put the regex and processing in a while loop. I.e. 
while($source =~ m!(\d{1,2})(\/|\-)(\d{1,2})(\/|\-)(\d{2,4})!g) {

my $day = $1;
my $month = $3;
my $year = $5;
# process stuff
print    $query->p({-align=>center},"$day $month $year"),
}

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Note:
1 unless you know there are no confusing spaces in your dates you may wish to have the middle expressions as \s*(\/|\-)\s*
2 if you use the (?: ) syntax you will not $2 and $4 defined. Then you can do while(($day,$month,$year) =(source=~ /.../g) ) { and assign the values as you test the RE.

Combining my notes would give you a while line 


while(($day,$month,$year) =
  ($source =~ m!(\d{1,2})\s*(?:\/|\-)(\d{1,2})\s*\s*(?:\s*(?:\/|\-)\s*
+(\d{2,4})!g) ){

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which may or may not be easier to understand.

In reply to Re: pattern matching through a whole document by dingus
in thread pattern matching through a whole document by r_mehmed

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