in reply to Output of Date

That looks like a unix timestamp style date. (Which, incidentally, is the number of seconds since 00:00:00 1st Jan 1970).
To turn it into a readable value, use something like this:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $timestamp = 1020952472; print scalar localtime($timestamp);
If you want to do something a bit more clever, then read perldoc -f localtime
cheers.
davis
Is this going out live?
No, Homer, very few cartoons are broadcast live - it's a terrible strain on the animator's wrist