# find files from january 01 2005
for file in `ls -1`
do
      filetime.pl $file | grep -q 20050101
      if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
             echo "$file"
      fi
done

#!/usr/bin/perl
# point the above to the locaction of perl on your system
#^ PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
#^ -------------------
#^ This program prints the modification times of files.
#^ It uses the following format:  inodetime.pl filename
#^ It will accept:  inodetime.pl filename1 filename2 filename3
#^                  inodetime.pl /tmp/file*
#^ The format of the output is: YYYYMMDDhhmmss filename
#^ example:
#^           $ filetime.pl /tmp/t*
#^           19961115105425 /tmp/test.sql 
#^           19970116113616 /tmp/tststat.pl 
#^ 

############################################
# Get the (next) input from the command line 
############################################
while ($curfile = $ARGV[0])
{
   #################################################
   # Do following code block only if $curfile exists
   #################################################
   if (-e $curfile)
   {

      # stat structure into variables

      ($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid,$rdev,$size,
      $atime,$mtime,$ctime,$blksize,$blocks)
      = stat("$curfile");

      # time structure into variables

      local($sec,$min,$hr,$day,$mon,$yr,$wday,@dntcare) = localtime($mtime);
      $yr = ($yr>=70) ? $yr+1900 : $yr+2000;
      $yr="$yr";
      $mon = (++$mon < 10) ? "0$mon" : "$mon";
      $day = ($day < 10) ? "0$day" : "$day";
      $hr  = ($hr < 10) ? "0$hr" : "$hr";
      $min = ($min < 10) ? "0$min" : "$min";
      $sec = ($sec < 10) ? "0$sec" : "$sec";

      # Rearrange in the YYYYMMDDhhmmss format and assign to $dte variable

      $dte = join('',$yr,$mon,$day,$hr,$min,$sec);

      # Print modification date and filename

      print ("$dte\n");
      }

   # Shift to next position in command line
   shift (@ARGV);
}