trouble installing module. perl cannot find functions

Avox has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Howdy all,
I'm doing some work that requires some Date calculations. Date::Calc seems to be what I need. I'm using Activestate Perl 5.6.1 on Windows NT. I've downloaded the precompiled binary from Activestate. I installed it per their instructions. (it no longer croaks on the use Date::Calc;)
When I try to run my scripts, but get this error:
Undefined subroutine &main::check_date called at test2.pl line 4.

here is the script I am trying to run, I've simplified it a bit to eliminate any errors caused by unrelated issues:

use strict;
use Date::Calc;

check_date("2000","05","30");
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Any suggestions, debuggin tips, good recipes, amusing jokes?
Thanks for any help you can offer!

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Re: trouble installing module. perl cannot find functions by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Jun 27, 2003 at 13:56 UTC
`Date::Calc` doesn't export anything by default. Use: `use Date::Calc qw /check_date/;` [download] or `Date::Calc::check_date (2000, 5, 30);` [download] Abigail	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: trouble installing module. perl cannot find functions by Avox (Sexton) on Jun 27, 2003 at 14:01 UTC
Abigail, that did it. Thank you so much!	[reply]