Could these warnings have something to do with your problem?

Argument "3-8-2011" isn't numeric in numeric eq (==) at 
Argument "3-8-2011" isn't numeric in numeric eq (==) at 
Argument "true" isn't numeric in numeric eq (==) at
Argument "false" isn't numeric in numeric eq (==) at
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You need to use eq for string comparisons (Equality Operators).

use strict and warnings