DateTime::Format::Strptime

use strict;
use warnings;
use feature qw( say );

use DateTime::Format::Strptime qw( );

my $format = DateTime::Format::Strptime->new(
   pattern   => '%F %T.%3N',
   locale    => 'en',
   time_zone => 'local',
   on_error  => 'croak',
);

my $dt = $format->parse_datetime('2011-01-07 08:59:54.123');
$dt->set_time_zone('UTC');
say $format->format_datetime($dt);  # 2011-01-07 13:59:54.123
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It's not clear what you mean by 'EST'. Here are the time zones you might be interested in using:

• 'local' is the same as 'America/New_York' if your machine uses that time zone.
• 'America/New_York' will actually factor in DST, meaning it will use UTC-4 if the date is in summer and UTC-5 if the date is in winter. Note that your format is ambiguous one hour each year if this is its time zone.
• '-500' will use UTC-5 for all dates.
• 'EST' is an ambiguous alias for '-500' (as Australia also has an EST). It's probably best to avoid it.

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