Hi,

Just for TMTOWTDI, once you have your line and have set up the hash of month names/ numbers, you could also

    $mname = substr( $line, 0, 3 );
    $mon = $mhash{$mname};
    $day = sunstr( $line, 4, 2 );
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( untested ) or something similar.

J.C.