This is tested as far as it goes...you'll need to add validation of values and format the output: 

#! perl -w
use strict;
my $basedir = 'c:/test/';
opendir( THEDIR, $basedir) or die "Couldn't open '$basedir' $!";
my @list = map { $basedir . $_ } grep { -f "$basedir/$_" } readdir(THE
+DIR);
closedir (THEDIR) or warn "Close '$basedir' failed: $!";

my %files;
for my $file (@list) {
    my $datetime = (stat $file)[9];         # or 8 or 10 - see perldoc
+ -f stat  to choose.
    $files{$datetime} = $file;             # save name for later
}
for my $datetime ( sort keys %files ) {
    my $file = $files{$datetime};            # retrieve name
    open DATAFILE, $file or warn "Failed to open $file: $!\n" and next
+;
    $files{$datetime} = [<DATAFILE>];        # overwrite name with ref
+ to anon array of data.
    close DATAFILE or warn "Couldn't close $file: $!\n";
    chomp @{$files{$datetime}};            # chomp all the values and 
+print them
    # You could assign these to discrete $vars to ease refs if you pre
+fer
    # Or 'use constant REF => 0;' etc to make indexes more meaningful
    
    print     @{$files{$datetime}}[0],         # $ref
            @{$files{$datetime}}[1],        # $cust
            @{$files{$datetime}}[2],        # $email
            @{$files{$datetime}}[3],        # $phone
            @{$files{$datetime}}[4],        # $mobile
            @{$files{$datetime}}[5];        # $posted
}

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In reply to Re: open, chomp, create AND sort ? by BrowserUk
in thread open, chomp, create AND sort ? by Cockneyphil

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