#!/usr/bin/perl use Date::Calc qw(:all); $expire_day = "31"; $expire_month = "03"; $expire_year = "2006"; ($day, $month, $year) = (localtime)[3..5]; $year += 1900; $month++; $Dd = Delta_Days($year,$month,$day, $expire_year, $expire_month, $expire_day); print "tag status: "; if($Dd == 0) { print "whiprush's tags expire today\n"; } elsif($Dd == 1) { print "1 day until whiprush's tags expire\n"; } elsif($Dd >= 2) { print "$Dd days until whiprush's tags expire\n"; } else { print "whiprush's tags are " . abs($Dd) . " days expired -- avoid flipflops and Wendy's!\n"; }