I must be just a goober, but I can't seem to figure out how to use the variables from a module while using use strict;

I have this snippet of code: 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Getopt::Std;
getopts('hd:t');

my ($num_days, $dait, $today); # local vars used later
my ($opt_h, $opt_d); # vars from Getopt::Std
# if I don't use my() here I get the following
#Global symbol "$opt_h" requires explicit package name at ./checklogs.
+pl line 12.
#Global symbol "$opt_d" requires explicit package name at ./checklogs.
+pl line 13.
#  I tried Getopt::Std::$opt_h and it didn't like it either.
#
if ( $opt_d ) { $num_days = $opt_d; }
print ("num_days = $num_days\n");

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$opt_d never gets initialized when I use my(); I'm assuming that it is creating the variable locally and not from the package. How do I get the variables from the package Getopt::Std into my program?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanx, L8on

In reply to how do i use module vars while using use strict; ? by L8on

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