$timestamp_perl = $dt->strftime("%a %b %e, %Y - %k:%M:%S"); Monks,

I'm trying to parse through a timestamp and set each piece to a variable so I can compare the date. I grab the timestamp out of the database, then compare it to $now to see if I should display certain data. The issue I'm having is if the date number (1-31) is a single digit number, there is an extra space before the actual number and the below doesn't work correctly. This also happens if the time starts with a single digit number. I'm not sure how to solve this. In other words, if the timestamp is Mon May 9, 2020 - 11:11:11 the $this_date var is empty and the $this_year var become the date number (9). 

$timestamp = $dt->strftime("%a %b %e, %Y - %k:%M:%S");  #timestamp in 
+the database like this

@timestamp = split (/ /, $timestamp);
    $this_day = "@ timestamp[0]";
    $this_month = "@ timestamp[1]"; 
    $this_date = "@ timestamp[2]";  
    $this_year = "@ timestamp[3]";            
    $this_dash = "@ timestamp[4]";  
    $this_time = "@ timestamp[5]";

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In reply to Parsing Timestamp with extra spaces by htmanning

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