epoch does sound like something I could do right now.  
I'll look into the Date::Calc module though.  

Oh, the data, btw, looks like so:

3:25:2000@0:0:1;Initializing LogWriter.
3:25:2000@0:0:1;NightlyEmailer;Mailer;Starting to process jobs..
3:25:2000@0:0:2;NightlyEmailer;NightlyEmailer;*Starting mailer*
3:25:2000@0:0:2;Attempting to grab a database table lock for a mail job.
3:25:2000@0:0:2;Lock acquired.
3:25:2000@0:0:35;Lock released.
3:25:2000@0:0:35;NightlyEmailer;NightlyEmailer;*Finishing mailer*