This is *UNTESTED* but it should come close to what you want:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;

use lib "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.6.1/Mail";
use Mail::Sender;
use File::Basename 'basename';
use POSIX 'mktime';

my $instance      = 'natt1';
my $instance_root = "/opt/manu/manu71/transport/$instance";
my $goodordpath   = "$instance_root/order_good";
my $badordpath    = "$instance_root/order_bad";
my $where         = "$instance_root/order_temp";


print "\n\n*** Starttime = " . localtime . " ***\n\n";

-d $where or die "Directory $where does not exist...now exiting\n\n";
print "Directory $where exists. Directory check was successful.\n\n";

# find the number of files we are to process
# if there are no files to process, bail
@ARGV = <$where/ord.*> or die "\nThere are no files to process. Now ex
+iting.\n";
print 'Processing ' . @ARGV . ' order file', @ARGV == 1 ? '' : 's', ".
+\n";

my ( $ordertype, $ordernum, $date_str, $time );
while ( <> ) {
    print "\nProcessing Order File: $ARG\n" if $. == 1;

    if ( /^HM(.{7})/ ) {
        $ordernum = $1;
        $date_str = substr $line, 64, 8;
        my ( $year, $month, $day ) = $date_str =~ /(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2
+})/;
        $time = mktime( 0, 0, 12, $day, $month - 1, $year - 1900 );   
+ # For $month:  Jan = 0, Feb = 1, etc.
        }

    if ( ( localtime $time )[ 6 ] != 1 ) {
        print "  Order Number =  $ordernum   Order Date = $date_str is
+ not a Monday. This file is OK to move and process.\n";
        my $file = basename $ARGV;  # save the file name before closin
+g it!
        close ARGV;                 # close the file before moving it!
        rename "$where/$file", "$goodordpath/$file" or die "Could not 
+move the file $file. Move failed: $!";
        next;
        }

    if ( eof ) {
        print "  Order Number =  $ordernum has order dates that are al
+l Mondays. This is a bad order file and is being moved to $badordpath
+\n";
        my $file = basename $ARGV;  # save the file name before closin
+g it!
        close ARGV;                 # close the file before moving it!
        rename "$where/$file", "$badordpath/$file" or die "\nCould not
+ move the file $file. Move failed: $!";
        }
    }

print "\n*** Endtime = " . localtime . " ***\n\n";
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