Maybe you could use below module:     :)

SYNOPSIS:

 use ModestCurrentDateModule;

 my $date = monthName.' '.monthDay.', '.year;
 my $date2 = monthName.' '.monthDayDouble.', '.year;
 my $date3 = monthNumber.'-'.monthDay.'-'.year;
 my $date4 = monthNumber.'-'.monthDayDouble.'-'.year;
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The Module:

package ModestCurrentDateModule;
use strict;
use base qw( Exporter );
use vars qw( @EXPORT );

my ($d, $m, $y) = (localtime)[3..5];
my @months = map ucfirst, qw( january february march april may june ju
+ly august september october november december );
@EXPORT = qw( monthName monthNumber monthNumberDouble monthDay monthDa
+yDouble year );
sub double{ ( '0' x (2 - length $_[0]) ) . $_[0] }
sub monthName{ $months[$m] }
sub monthNumber{ $m + 1 }
sub monthNumberDouble{ double monthNumber }
sub monthDay{ $d }
sub monthDayDouble{ double monthDay }
sub year{ 1900 + $y }
1;
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