## OPEN input file for reading
open (IN, "1998_wind_date_time.txt") or die "Couldn't open 1998_wind_date_time.txt ";

## OPEN input file for reading
open (OUT, ">1998_wind_formatted_data2.out") or die "Couldn't open 1998_wind_formatted_data2.out";


#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Time::Local;
use POSIX 'strftime';

my $str = '19980730010031';
my $epoch = get_epoch( $str );
print strftime("%m/%d/%Y", localtime($epoch));

sub get_epoch {
    my $str = shift;
    my ($yr, $mon, $day, $hr, $min, $sec) = unpack('A4A2A2A2A2A2', $st
+r);
    $mon--;
    return timelocal($sec, $min, $hr, $day, $mon, $yr);
}