There are a bunch of modules to do Date/Time calculations. If you want to use a relatively low level module that will be installed, then something like this can be done: 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

use Time::Local;

# $time = timelocal( $sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year );
# $time = timegm( $sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year );
my %nMonth = (Jan=>0, Feb=>1, Mar=>2, Apr=>3, May=>4, Jun=>5,
              Jul=>6, Aug=>7, Sep=>8, Oct=>9, Nov=>10, Dec=>11);

foreach my $date ('Fri Jul 15 08:02:02 2016')
{
  my ($textMonth,$day,$hour,$min,$sec,$year) =
  $date =~ /^\w+\s+(\w+)\s+(\d+)\s+(\d+):(\d+):(\d+)\s+(\d+)/;

  print "parsed results= $textMonth,$day,$hour,$min,$sec,$year\n";
  
  my $localSecs = timelocal($sec, $min, $hour, $day, $nMonth{$textMont
+h}, $year);
  print "localsecs = $localSecs\n"; 
  
  my $gmSecs = timegm($sec, $min, $hour, $day, $nMonth{$textMonth}, $y
+ear);
  print "gmsecs = $gmSecs\n";
}

__END__
parsed results= Jul,15,08,02,02,2016
localsecs = 1468594922
gmsecs = 1468569722

(1468569722-1468594922)/60/60=-7 hours Correct for PSDT(my curent time
+ zone)

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Update: This simple code above has limitations. What happens if you want to convert a local time that occurred say in "winter time" vs current "summer time"? Something more sophisticated is needed. Perhaps the Date::Time module.

In reply to Re: Convert Date to Epoch seconds by Marshall
in thread Convert Date to Epoch seconds by vit

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