Sorry if this is causing the confusion. Alright so I am providing everything again. This is my original XML file: 
<DATA>
  <DATA1>
    <TIME>2012-08-04T20:15:04.506-04:00<TIME>
    <DATA2>
      <DATE-NOW>2000-10-19</DATE-NOW>
      <ID>A95</ID>
      <STATUS>A</STATUS>
      <TIME/>
    </DATA2>
  </DATA1>
</DATA>

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And this is my perl script: My goal is to get to - 2000-10-19 
use strict;
use warnings;

use XML::Simple; # qw(:strict);
use Data::Dumper;

my $simple = XML::Simple->new();
my $config = $simple->XMLin('parse3.xml');

print Dumper($config) # this prints out parsed xml

print $config->{DATA1}->{DATA2}->{DATE-NOW}, ".\n";

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Please let me know what I can change in my code to make it work.
Thanks everyone again! You have all been a great help!

In reply to Re^6: Perl XML parsing with XML::Simple - Having problem with accessing fields by vparikh
in thread Perl XML parsing with XML::Simple - Having problem with accessing fields by vparikh

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