Hello monks!
If you have a series of dates in a file, like: 
06/30/96
08/07/97
09/05/97
12/11/97
03/26/98
07/17/98
10/23/98
11/12/98
01/14/99
04/10/99
05/27/99
02/10/00
03/10/00
03/15/00
03/15/00
03/30/00
06/15/00
07/13/00
08/03/00
09/07/00
09/30/00
12/10/00
01/25/01
02/27/01

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sorted from the oldest to the newest, is there a quick way of comparing all dates against the oldest and print the oldest and then the differences of all others in months when compared with the oldest?
Thank you

In reply to compare dates? by Anonymous Monk

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