While I understand the desire to be Lazy, wouldn't it be sufficient to use a script like: 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

for (glob '*.pm') {
   my $ver = sub { sprintf "%04d%02d%02d.%02d%02d%02d", 
                   1900+$_[5], 1+$_[4], @_[3,2,1,0]    
                 }->(gmtime +(stat $_)[9]);
   open IN, '<', $_ or die "Failed to update $_ to $ver";
   open OUT, '>' "$_.new" or die "Failed to create $_.new";
   while (<IN>) {
      s:^((our|my|local)\s+)$VERSION\.+=\.+\;:\$VERSION = $ver\;:;
      print OUT $_;
   }
   close IN;
   close OUT;
   unlink $_;
   rename ("$_.new", $_);
}

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((untested, but you get the idea))?

In this form, it would update $VERSION for all modules in the current directory. I use something like this (more complex, as it updates many things for company code standards), and have had no trouble at all.

Anima Legato
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In reply to Re: create $VERSION from the modtime of the file by legato
in thread create $VERSION from the modtime of the file by merlyn

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