wget -c ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/modules/03modlist.data.gz
gunzip 03modlist.data.gz

ack "^Date" 03modlist.data
Date:        Tue, 03 May 2011 14:34:42 GMT

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wget -c ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz
gunzip 02packages.details.txt.gz

$ ack "^Last-Updated" 02packages.details.txt
Last-Updated: Tue, 03 May 2011 17:29:44 GMT

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$ perl -le " print ~~gmtime "
Fri May  6 09:38:06 2011