Help with perl script to compare dates of 2 files

[Argo]

Can somebody help me out with a perl script that would compare dates of 2 files. I know nothing about perl. Basically I need to do something like:

if (file1 is newer than file2) {
exit;
}

 

[Mitzi]

Depends what you mean by 'date' - modified date, creation date etc etc.

Example:

$name1 = "myfile.dat";
$name2 = "myotherfile.dat";

Modification age in days:
if (-M $name1 > $name2)

Access age in days:
if (-A $name1 > $name2)