I'm trying to use the logic in my script  that allows me to 
catch a line that differs in time by comparing field2 and 
field3.  I managed to come up with an input file of this 
format for my comparison purpose:

(sample 4 lines:)
n1##Thu Oct 18 14:33:23 2007  ## 2007-10-18 14:33:23.000000000-0400
name2##Thu Feb  5 01:13:19 2009  ##2009-02-05 01:13:19.000000000-0500
name3##Sat Jan 24 10:03:37 2009  ##2009-01-24 10:03:37.000000000-0500
name8##Thu Feb  5 01:13:19 2009    ##2007-03-05 01:13:19.000000000-0500
(... 1000s of similar entries)

I don't care about the day. I'm trying to find if fileld2
 matches with field3 in terms of dd-MM-YYYY HH:MM:SS.  If 
they are not, I would like to print the line.  Can someone 
please help me. I tried my feeble attempt in re-arranging 
the third filed  but it does n't help me.

In the above example, name1/2/3 are good. But name8 entry 
is incorrect in the sense time info on  field2 and field3 
are different. I would like to print out the entry if it's 
possibility.  Please note "##' is my field separator.

Thank you.
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In reply to how to compare time between 2 fields ? by sillybees

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