Yes, you are missing something ;-)

You added a line to my code:

 next unless /$channel/;
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The problem is that line is in the wrong place, and probably does not do what you think it is doing.

You are checking the value of $channel before that value is set as intended by my original code. You have also declared $channel twice.

The other line you mangled now reads

 my $time = dateconv($id);
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Please try to understand the code, before you choose to modify it.

Now that I have made parson, I'm less motivated to spoon-feed beyond this point.

Update: Use mr_mischief's(++) excellent update to my code.