use Time::Local qw( timegm ); my ($today_y, $today_m, $today_d) = (localtime())[5,4,3]; $today_m += 1; $today_y += 1900; # Use gmt for date arithmetic, # even if the date is localtime. my $today_date = timegm(0,0,0,$today_d,$today_m-1,$today_y); # Every day *is* 24*60*60 long in GMT. my $plus60_date = $today_date + 24*60*60 * 60; my ($plus60_y, $plus60_m, $plus60_d) = (gmtime($plus60_date))[5,4,3]; $plus60_m += 1; $plus60_y += 1900; printf("Today: %d/%02d/%02d\n", $today_y, $today_m, $today_d); printf("In 60 days: %d/%02d/%02d\n", $plus60_y, $plus60_m, $plus60_d); #### Today: 2007/08/28 In 60 days: 2007/10/27