A solution with the big DateTime module family 

#!/usr/bin/perl -l
# 08/24/06 09:30 => Thursday, August 24th  9:30am

use DateTime::Format::Strptime;

my $format_input  = '%D %H:%M';
my $format_output = '%A, %B %eth %l:%M%P';

my $Strp = new DateTime::Format::Strptime(
  pattern     => $format_input,
  locale      => 'en_US',
  time_zone   => 'America/New_York',
);

## Start
my $date_time = '08/24/06 09:30';                # 1. Get the date/tim
+e
my $dt        = $Strp->parse_datetime( $date );  # 2. Convert to DateT
+ime object
my $newtime   = $dt->strftime( $format_output ); # 3. Output the new d
+ate/time
print $newtime;
## End

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Updated: Solution with the Date::Format and Date::Parse modules 
#!/usr/bin/perl -l
# 08/24/06 09:30 => Thursday, August 24th  9:30am

use Date::Parse;
use Date::Format;
use Date::Language;

my $format    = '%A, %B %o %l:%M%P';
my $language  = Date::Language->new('English');

## Start
my $date_time = '08/24/06 09:30';
my $time      = $language->str2time( $date_time );     # 1. Parse
my $newtime   = $language->time2str( $format, $time ); # 2. Output
print $newtime;
## End

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In reply to Re: changing time date format. by explorer
in thread changing time date format. by pglinx

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