How to find if a certain time stamp is within a time period?

dr.jekyllandme has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello, I want to figure out if a file's creation date is in between a certain range of time. For example let's say that I only want files that were created between June 1, 2011 and June 1, 2012. So far I have the time created but do not know how to proceed. Here is my code:

#!usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use File::stat;

my @files= <>; # Slurp list of files given in a file in cmd line
foreach( @files ) { 
    print;
    chomp;
    my($month, $year) = ( localtime( stat($_)->ctime ) )[4,5];
    $year += 1900;
    print "$month $year\n";
    # if $month, $year are within June 2011 and June 2012 do something
}
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I've been Googling this but haven't gotten a straight answer or I am just confused. If anyone can nudge me in the right direction, it would be great. Thank you.

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Re: How to find if a certain is within a time period? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 22, 2012 at 02:27 UTC
Does this help? `print scalar localtime( 1306882800 );; Wed Jun 1 00:00:00 2011 print scalar localtime( 1338505200 );; Fri Jun 1 00:00:00 2012` [download] With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. The start of some sanity?	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How to find if a certain time stamp is within a time period? by aitap (Curate) on Aug 22, 2012 at 07:36 UTC
One of the methods is to use Date::Parse to get the UNIX timestamps (in seconds) of the dates and compare them. Another is to use Date::Calc. Sorry if my advice was wrong.	[reply]