sperate day,month,year from given date string
        by kalai[ Edit ] 2008-12-19 12:25:20 
         
        
        	code to display day,month and year from given date string
  $_ = '2008/12/19';
  $year,$month,$day) = m<^(d{4})/(dd?)/(dd?)>;
  print $month;
or another method to display day,month and year from given date string
 my %date;
  $_ = '2008/12/19';
  @date{ qw/ year month day/} = m<^(d{4})/(dd?)/(dd?)>;
  printf "%4d/%2d/%2d", @date{ qw/ year month day/};