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Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I found a util but it seems to require a mysql.pm. I am pulling a row from a MSSQL server which uses this format
Jan 5 2005 11:43AM
or
Jan 11 2005 11:14AM
it doesn't use a zero in front of a single digit date
and I need to convert that into epoch, so I can compare it with current time, ie determine how many seconds old that timestamp is.
is there a way to do it without special pm's ?
Thanks