Hi Monks!
I have this array with dates but having problems with my sort code, here is an example about what its goign in on:
#!/usr/bin/perl
user strict;

my @dates = ('10/02/2004', '02/01/2004', '01/02/2004', '01/06/2004', '
+01/02/2005', '01/12/2004', '08/18/2010');

my @ordered = sort { &compare } @dates;

sub compare {
$a =~ /(\d{2})\/(\d{2})\/(\d{4})/;
$c = $3 . $1 . $2;

$b =~ /(\d{2})\/(\d{2})\/(\d{4})/;
$c = $3 . $1 . $2;

$c <=> $d;
}
print "@ordered\n";

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I got this:
08/18/2010 
01/12/2004 
01/02/2005 
01/06/2004 
01/02/2004 
02/01/2004 
10/02/2004

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This date "01/02/2005" is off, I guess the sorting is not reaching the years, any suggestions? Thanks for the help!

In reply to Sorting Dates Issue by Anonymous Monk

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