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bengmau has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have 4 strings with date "02/03/08" "02/04/02" I want to compare dates to see which is equal, newer etc.. same for time "3:00pm" and "4:00am" What is the easiest way to compare time and dates?