you can also use Date::Business. It's peachy keen : ) I use it for every business date related calculation in the scheduling system I'm building right now. It works so well I had to look it up in the appointment method to remember what the name was - i'd forgotten.

"sometimes when you make a request for the head you don't
want the big, fat body...don't you go snickering."
                                         -- Nathan Torkington UoP2K a.k.a gnat