I've used Date::Manip on several scripts before without any problems, but have discovered some random errors in my current project.

I've created a web app (linux/apache2 server) using Date::Manip. When I first installed the module on this server, I set the TZ variable inside the module (like I've always done before) but would receive random Date::Manip errors related to the TZ variable. So I manually set it inside my app...strange, but worked fine. Now I'm randomly getting errors on my date inputs. According to the documentation, input can be any of the following:

MM/DD MM/DD/YY MM/DD/YYYY mmmDD DDmmm mmmYYYY/DD mmmYYYY mmmDD/YY DDmmmYY DD/YYmmm YYYYmmmDD YYYYmmm mmmDDYYYY DDmmmYYYY DDYYYYmmm YYYY/DDmmm

However...periodically, I receive errors if I use any format other than MM/DD/YYYY. This error is if I use MM/DD: 

ERROR: Invalid year ()  at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/Date/Manip.pm l
+ine 5538
        Date::Manip::_Date_FixYear('undef') called at /usr/local/share
+/perl/5.8.8/Date/Manip.pm line 5506
        Date::Manip::_Date_DateCheck('SCALAR(0x9735474)', 'SCALAR(0x97
+32134)', 'SCALAR(0x97323f8)', 'SCALAR(0x97325b4)', 'SCALAR(0x973545c)
+', 'SCALAR(0x973536c)', 'SCALAR(0x973220c)', 'SCALAR(0x9735570)') cal
+led at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/Date/Manip.pm line 1451
        Date::Manip::ParseDateString('9/2') called at /usr/local/share
+/perl/5.8.8/Date/Manip.pm line 1809

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or (using mm/dd/yy) 

ERROR: Invalid year (8)  at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/Date/Manip.pm 
+line 5538
        Date::Manip::_Date_FixYear(8) called at /usr/local/share/perl/
+5.8.8/Date/Manip.pm line 3413
        Date::Manip::Date_LeapYear(8) called at /usr/local/share/perl/
+5.8.8/Date/Manip.pm line 5508
        Date::Manip::_Date_DateCheck('SCALAR(0xac88b28)', 'SCALAR(0xac
+88b58)', 'SCALAR(0xac88aec)', 'SCALAR(0xabe90b0)', 'SCALAR(0xabe8fc0)
+', 'SCALAR(0xabeb1e4)', 'SCALAR(0xabebb2c)', 'SCALAR(0xa43da34)') cal
+led at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/Date/Manip.pm line 1451
        Date::Manip::ParseDateString('9/1/08') called at /usr/local/sh
+are/perl/5.8.8/Date/Manip.pm line 1809

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Here's the clincher: if I reload apache2, it fixes the problem, but only temporarily (maybe an hour or 2) so I doubt it's an error w/the code (I can include it if someone REALLY wants to see it...). Are there any Date::Manip or apache experts out there that have any ideas?

In reply to obscure/random input Date::Manip errors by ksublondie

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