use strict;
use warnings;

print <<EOT
TOTAL PATCH    DESCRIPTION            2009-01-08 2009-01-09 ANYDATE
 3    MS08-001 Works Suite 2005 (KB943973)  2            1      1
 3    MS08-002 Works Suite 2006 (KB943974)  2            1      1
 1    MS08-003 Works Suite 2007 (KB943975)  0            0      1


Data for 2009-01-08: 
ABCD    943973    MS08-001 Works Suite 2005 (KB943973)
BCDE    943973    MS08-001 Works Suite 2005 (KB943973)
ABCD    943973    MS08-002 Works Suite 2006 (KB943974)
BCDE    943973    MS08-002 Works Suite 2006 (KB943974)


Data for 2009-01-08: 
FFFF    943973    MS08-001 Works Suite 2005 (KB943973)
FFFF    943974    MS08-002 Works Suite 2006 (KB943974)


Date for ANYDATE (for example, 2008-12-08):
FFFF    943974    MS08-003 Works Suite 2007 (KB943975)
EOT
[download]

That should do what you want. My invoice is in the post.

Cheers,

JohnGG