ha 
use strict;
use warnings;

my @d = qw[
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
];

print $$_[0], $/ for sort { my @f = $$a[1] <=> $$b[1]; push @f, $$a[2]
+ <=> $$b[2]; push @f, $$a[3] <=> $$b[3]; return $f[0] if $f[0] != 0; 
+return $f[1] if $f[1] != 0; return $f[2]; } map { /(\d+)\D(\d+)\D(\d+
+)/; [$_, $3,$2,$1] } @d;
    
__END__
08/03/00
09/07/00
02/10/00
03/10/00
12/10/00
07/13/00
03/15/00
03/15/00
06/15/00
03/30/00
09/30/00
01/25/01
02/27/01
06/30/96
09/05/97
08/07/97
12/11/97
11/12/98
07/17/98
10/23/98
03/26/98
04/10/99
01/14/99
05/27/99

[download]

In reply to Re: compare dates? by Anonymous Monk
in thread compare dates? by Anonymous Monk

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.