[thelist] Dates in Perl

[Adrian Fischer]

Go Aussies,

oops, sorry, bit of nationalistic fervour there.

Now to the problem at hand.  I have a form in which I want the user to tell
me a date.  ie their birthday.
I want to use select options with the months in one list and the number of
days in the other.  Years I'm not worried about (yet...unless I have to).
Can the info from those form fields be turned into a usable thing in perl?
Ideally so that when the date is reached something happens?  You must be
able to do it but I don't know how. Or am I barking up the wrong tree.  If
so could you point me in the right direction (in very simple terms ;-))

Any and all help gratefully appreciated.

Adrian Fischer
Albany Creek
Queensland 4035
Australia
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Make sure you understand the difference between "=" and "eq" when trying to
make if statements work.  When tired and you are rereading your script for
the umpteenth time it sounds the sound but certainly doesn't act it.
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