I am trying to use Getopt::Long ... perldoc.perl.org shows: 
: number [ desttype ] 
Like :i , but if the value is omitted, the number will be assigned.

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But my code fails. All help much appreciated. 
GetOptions( "h|?"=>\$hflag,
            "Action=s"=>\$Action,
            "StartDate:0000000000"=>\$Start,
            "EndDate:9999999999"=>\$End );

print "Start = $Start and End = $End\n";

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Thanx UPDATE: Sorry, the failure was the variables were not set. NetWallah's example showed me how to get it to work. I assumed just typing the script name would work, but when I added 
ParseLdapAudLog.pl -s -e

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The -s and -e , it worked fine Thanx

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