if (m/^(.*) UTC.*refs = (\d+)$/) {
                        ^^^^

##</code><code>##

2007-Jan-07 00:00:01 UTC (GMT +0000) - Poll: channel = two, ref = com, id = 133714761

##</code><code>##

    # slightly altered--v
    if (m/^(.*) UTC.*ref .*? = (\d+)$/) {
        my $t = $1;
        $refs      = $2;
        $dt        = $Strp->parse_datetime($t);
        $timestamp = $dt->epoch();
        warn "found: $. $timestamp\t$refs\n";
    }