perlquestion Anonymous Monk I found a util but it seems to require a mysql.pm. I am pulling a row from a MSSQL server which uses this format <br> Jan 5 2005 11:43AM<br>or<br> Jan 11 2005 11:14AM<br>it doesn't use a zero in front of a single digit date<br> and I need to convert that into epoch, so I can compare it with current time, ie determine how many seconds old that timestamp is.<br> is there a way to do it without special pm's ?<br> Thanks 4