I am comparing 2 dates and then I need to empty a field if I have it matching and all that, I just cant seem to remove the text I want to remove. 
#!/usr/local/bin/perl5


# create a date+time string
$shortdate = `date +"%D"`;
chop ($shortdate);



print "$shortdate\n";

$inhouse = "Open House Information";


    open(FILE, "dbase1.exm") || die "I can't open that because: $!\n";
    
    while(<FILE>) {
    chop;        
    @all = split(/\n/);

    foreach $line (@all) {
    local($AA, $BB, $CC, $DD, $EE, $FF, $GG, $HH, $II, $JJ, $KK, $LL, 
+$MM, $NN, $OO, $PP, $QQ, $RR, $SS, $TT, $UU, $VV, $WW, $XX) = split(/
+","/, $line);
        $date = $shortdate;
        $date_from_db = $XX;
               
$date1 = "$date";
@newdate = split(/\//,$date1);
$formate_date1 = "$newdate[2]" . "$newdate[1]" . "$newdate[0]";

$date2 = "$date_from_db";
@newdate = split(/\//,$date2);
$formate_date2 = "$newdate[2]" . "$newdate[1]" . "$newdate[0]";

if ($formate_date1 > $formate_date2) 
{ $kill = "yes"; }
else { $kill = "no"; }

if ($inhouse eq "$WW" && $kill eq "yes")
{
print "$line\n";
print "$XX\n";
print "$formate_date1\n";
print "$formate_date2\n";
print "$kill\n";
print "$WW\n";

# this is the problem need the text removed from $WW field
$WW =~ s/Open House Information//g;

}

}

}

close(FILE, "dbase1.exm")

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