Example:

today's date :  12/24/2013

given date   :   12/17/2003

In this scenario.. the output is false..

today's date :  12/24/2013

given date   :   12/24/2003

In this scenario the output is true.

@todaydate = split("/",$today);
@givendate = split("/",$given);

if ( $todaydate[0] - $givendate[0] == 0 )
{
      if ( $todaydate[1] - $givendate[1] == 0 )
      {
             print "True : the difference is", $todaydate[2]-$datedate[2],"\n" ;
      }

}