libdate-simple-perl software package provides simple date object for Perl, you can install in your Debian 8 (Jessie) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install libdate-simple-perl
libdate-simple-perl is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libdate-simple-perl package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libdate-simple-perl *
You will get with libdate-simple-perl package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Perl |
| Package | libdate-simple-perl |
| Version | 3.0300-1+b3 [s390x], 3.0300-1+ |
| Description | simple date object for Perl |
| Sub Section | Perl |