#Begin###Calculate the time difference my $dtnow = DateTime->now; my $timereceived = "10/10/2017 11:35 PM"; my $strp = DateTime::Format::Strptime->new(on_error=>'croak',pattern => '%m/%d/%Y %H:%M %t', time_zone=>'UTC'); my $dtevent = $strp->parse_datetime($timereceived); my $diff_sec = $dtnow->subtract_datetime_absolute($dtevent)->in_units('seconds'); my $diff_hours = sprintf("%.0f" , $diff_sec/(60*60)); #End###Calculate the time difference #### my name = 'greenfield (Glossary) (100)' foreach ( $name =~ /\((.*?)\)/ ) { $appID = $1; }