Hmm, is there a reason not to use HTML::CalendarMonth? Like so:

Updated (removed html-assubs, since CGI does all this anyhow)

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

use HTML::CalendarMonth;
use CGI;
 
my $page = new CGI;
my $calendar = HTML::CalendarMonth->new();

# Lets do some customization here, since today IS thanksgiving after a
+ll
$calendar->item($calendar->year, $calendar->month)->attr(bgcolor => '#
+FF8000');
$calendar->item(22)->attr(bgcolor => '#FFD080');
$calendar->item(22)->wrap_content(
                        new HTML::Element 'a', 
                        href => 'http://www.openresources.com/cgi-bin/
+dict?Form=dict2&Database=*&Query=Thanksgiving+Day', 
                        target=> '_blank');

print $page->header();
print $calendar->as_HTML;
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This results in a nice little calendar with alot of options already built for you like so:

November					2001
Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30

Please forgive the blatent and almost unhidden plagerism from PerlDoc.com

*G*