This smells like homework. It's polite if that's the case to say so and the monks can give guidance instead of an answer to a homework problem. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, though.

while ( <> ) {
    m{
        name:[\w\.\-\s]+
        ,
        version:(?:\+|-)?\d*\.?\d*
        ,
        date:\d{2}/\d{2}/\d{2}
    }x or print "Does not match on line $..\n";
}
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You can check out perlre (or just perldoc perlre on must Unixy-type OSes) to find more information on what the different parts of that mean.