This should do the capturing you want:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

while(<DATA>){
  chomp;
  print "$1\t$2\t$3\n" if /^(.+?\d{4})(?:.*\t){5}(.+)\t(.+)/;
}


__DATA__
==========            ========            =======    ====        =====
+=        ======    ==================
START TIME            END TIME            VERSION    USER        SOURC
+E        STATUS    STATUS DESCRIPTION
==========            ========            =======    ====        =====
+=        ======    ==================
August 26, 2004 1:21:04 AM        August 26, 2004 1:22:16 AM        2.
+0        system            HA038974        Pending        [BATCHMODE]
+Started installation process
September 5, 2004 2:49:03 AM        September 5, 2004 2:49:37 AM      
+  2.0        system            HA038974        Pending        [BATCHM
+ODE]Started installation process
September 16, 2004 12:32:34 PM        September 16, 2004 12:33:26 PM  
+      2.1        [kotzel_sup]        HA038974        Pending        S
+tarted installation process
September 16, 2004 4:44:28 PM        September 16, 2004 4:44:34 PM    
+    2.1        [kotzel_sup]        HA038974        Finished        23
+ Successful, 8 Failed
[download]

It assumes tab delimiting.

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