For completeness: DateTime:

(Note that your input has no timezone info, so you can't use %Z to print the timezone with accuracy. Also note that you have two spaces in your input, so the solution reflects that.) 

use DateTime::Format::Strptime;
my $formatter = DateTime::Format::Strptime->new(pattern => "%F  %T");
my $dt_obj    = $formatter->parse_datetime("2008-11-03  19:03:44");
my $datetime  = $dt_obj->strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %T EST");

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Or, more succinctly as a one-liner: 
perl -ML -E'say DateTime::Format::Strptime->new(pattern => "%F  %T")->
                parse_datetime("2008-11-03  19:03:44")->strftime("%a, 
+%d %b %Y %T EST");
'

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Output: 
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:03:44 EST

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Hope this helps!


The way forward always starts with a minimal test.

In reply to Re: Converting dates with Date:Format by 1nickt
in thread Converting dates with Date:Format by ultranerds

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