I've found Date::Manip to be particularly useful for complex date functions. 

if ((localtime(time))[6] == 0) {       # Sunday
    print Date::Manip::ParseDate('next Monday');
    print Date::Manip::DateCalc('next Monday','+ 4 business days');
} elsif ((localtime(time))[6] == 1) {  # Monday
    print Date::Manip::ParseDate('today');
    print Date::Manip::DateCalc('today','+ 4 business days');
} else {
    print Date::Manip::ParseDate('last Monday');
    print Date::Manip::DateCalc('last Monday','+ 4 business days');
}

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UPDATE: Added consideration for running the code on Monday. I don't think there are any potential implications of a MTWTFSS vs a SMTWTFS week (Saturday is still closer to "last" week; Sunday is still closer to "next" week).

In reply to Re: Calculating the "nearest" week by eibwen
in thread Calculating the "nearest" week by hacker

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