$begindate = @fields[13];
	my @begindate_fields = split"-", $begindate;
	$enddate = @fields[14];
	my @enddate_fields = split"-", $enddate;

	$normalized_begindate = @begindate_fields[2]."/".@begindate_fields[1]."/".@begindate_fields[0];
	$normalized_enddate = @enddate_fields[2]."/".@enddate_fields[1]."/".@enddate_fields[0];

	$begindate_seconds = UnixDate( ParseDate($normalized_begindate." 00:00:00"), "%s" );
       	$enddate_seconds = UnixDate( ParseDate($normalized_enddate." 00:00:00"), "%s" );