The fundamental issue with your code is the split command, which leaves $id with the wrong stuff. You're parsing the date okay. A slight modification of the split, to something like:

 split / - | tids = /;

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And your code should work fine. This modification of your original produces the kind of output you desire:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Time::Local;
my $debug = shift || 0;
my $header = 0;
my $outfile = 'output.2008-01-01.log';
my($fh_out, $fh);
open($fh_out, '>', $outfile) or die "Could not open outfile: $!";
my %track;
while (<DATA>){
  my ($date,$ignoreIDLiteral,$id) = split / - | tids = /;
  if ( $debug ) {
      print "Date = $date\n";
      print "Literal = $ignoreIDLiteral\n";
      print "Id = $id\n";
  }
  chomp $id;
  my   $time = dateconv($date);
  my $prevtime = $track{$id}{TIME};
  $track{$id}{TIME}=$time;
  $track{$id}{DATE}=$date;
  $track{$id}{COUNT}++;
  if ( $prevtime and ( $time - $prevtime > 3600 ) ) { 
      unless ( $header ) {
          print "TIDS               time                    Occurance\
+n";
          print "====================================================\
+n";
          $header = 1;
      }
      print "$id\t$date\t$track{$id}{COUNT}\n"
  }

}
sub dateconv{
  my $d = shift;
  my %month = qw[jan 1 feb 2 mar 3 apr 4 may 5 jun 6 jul 7
                 aug 8 sep 9 oct 10 nov 11 dec 12];
  my @p = $d=~/(\d+)-(\w+)-(\d+)\s(\d+):(\d+):(\d+)/;
  $p[1]=$month{ lc $p[1]  } - 1;
  return  timelocal(@p[5,4,3,2,1,0]);
}
close $fh_out;
__DATA__
2008-Jan-01 00:00:00 UTC (GMT +0000) - Toll: channel = seven, ref = xx
+x.xxxxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tids = 123456789
2008-Jan-01 00:10:00 UTC (GMT +0000) - Toll: channel = six, ref = xxx.
+xxxxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tids = 987654321
2008-Jan-01 00:20:00 UTC (GMT +0000) - Toll: channel = three, ref = xx
+x.xxxxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tids = 223344221
2008-Jan-01 00:30:00 UTC (GMT +0000) - Toll: channel = four, ref = xxx
+.xxxxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tids = 998829992
2008-Jan-01 00:40:00 UTC (GMT +0000) - Toll: channel = three, ref = xx
+x.xxxxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tids = 938874724
2008-Jan-01 00:50:00 UTC (GMT +0000) - Toll: channel = two, ref = xxx.
+xxxxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tids = 229928828
2008-Jan-01 01:00:00 UTC (GMT +0000) - Toll: channel = five, ref = xxx
+.xxxxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tids = 998822992
2008-Jan-01 01:10:00 UTC (GMT +0000) - Toll: channel = seven, ref = xx
+x.xxxxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tids = 123456789

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Output is:

 ./read_tolls.pl
TIDS               time                    Occurance
====================================================
123456789       2008-Jan-01 01:10:00 UTC (GMT +0000)    2

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In reply to Re: Comparing Dates and Reoccurance - Part II by dwm042
in thread Comparing Dates and Reoccurance - Part II by tuakilan

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