Hello, everybody! I am trying to compare dates of the form YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.SSS. I am pasing some files that have data based on these timestamps. IOnce I have the strings I am running into problems. Given, 
 
$string1 = "2008/11/22 01:40:00.000";
$string2 = "2008/11/22 01:45:00.000";

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I want to be able to compare so I know which input file is earlier, something like: 
if($string1 eq $string2){$early = $ARGV[0]; $late = $ARGV[1];}
if($string1 lt $string2){$early = $ARGV[0]; $late = $ARGV[1];}
if($string1 gt $string2){$early = $ARGV[1]; $late = $ARGV[0];}

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But this is not consistent and does not always work. Is there a better way to compare and execute code once I know which file is earlier? Thanks in advance, I'm a newbie!

In reply to Time matching YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.SSS by PRyanRay

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