in reply to unexpected RE match

elsif (/(\d+)+(\d+):(\d+)/) matches against $_ because you forgot to say elsif ( $time =~ /(\d+)+(\d+):(\d+)/ ), and $_ is probably the whole input line, and

use Data::Dumper;
print Dumper( "Thu Jun 22 10:25" =~ /(\d+)+(\d+):(\d+)/ );
__END__
$VAR1 = '1';
$VAR2 = '0';
$VAR3 = '25';

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Re^2: unexpected RE match
by WoodyWeaver (Monk) on Jul 05, 2017 at 23:05 UTC
    many thanks. we always see what we expect, not what is there.
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      Also note that your regex isn't going to match those minus signs. -G
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