Clearer? Depends on the audience.

I would drop a bit of sugar here and there to improve comprehension:

  $date = join( '/', map { int } split( '/', $date ));

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I find my style uses more and more parentheses these days. Parentheses are necessary to stop a list-aware function from swallowing the rest of the list, e.g.: 

  my $foo = join( '-', @foo );
  print join( ',' => @bar ), "\n";

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You don't need the parentheses in the first statement, but they are vital in the second statement, otherwise join will gobble the \n and stuff it in @bar.

On grounds of consistency, given that I use join in both these ways, I have decided to always use parentheses with join. Consistency is a Good Thing.

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In reply to Re4: How do I drop leading zeros from a date like 07/04/2001 to read 7/4/2001?? by grinder
in thread How do I drop leading zeros from a date like 07/04/2001 to read 7/4/2001?? by gtmeyer

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