#!/usr/bin/perl use Date::Calc qw(:all); $expire_day = "05"; $expire_month = "08"; $expire_year = "2007"; ($day, $month, $year) = (localtime)[3..5]; $year += 1900; $month++; $Dd = Delta_Days($year,$month,$day, $expire_year, $expire_month, $expire_day); print "truck status: "; if($Dd == 0) { print "truck leaves the Army today!\n"; } elsif($Dd == 1) { print "1 day until truck leaves the Army! Stay in the barracks!\n"; } elsif($Dd >= 2) { print "$Dd days until truck leaves the Army\n"; } else { print "truck left the Army " . abs($Dd) . " days ago.\n"; }