Does the following work by chance?

my ($date, $year) = /(\w+\s+\d+),?\s+(\d{4})/;
print "$date, $year\n";
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Explanation inside an example:

use warnings;
use strict;

while (<DATA>){
    if (my ($date, $year) =
          /
          (         # start capture 1 ($date)
          \w+       # word characters (month)
          \s+       # space characters
          \d+       # date chars
          )         # end capture 1
          ,?        # comma or no comma, 
          \s+       # followed by possible whitespace
          (         # start capture 2 ($year)
          \d{4}     # four digits (year)
          )         # end capture 2
          /x
      )
      {
        print "$date, $year\n";
      }
}

__DATA__
For the fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2015xxx
For the fiscal year ending December 31 2015
For the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015
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Output:

Dec 31, 2015
December 31, 2015
December 31, 2015
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That regex may work, but it has the potential for significant failure rates. Unless you know your data very well, test the results extensively.

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