sub regex_created { '^Record created on (.*).$' } sub regex_expires { '^Record expires on (.*).$' } #### sub regex_created { '^\s*Record created on\s+(.*).' } sub regex_expires { '^\s*Record expires on\s+(.*).' } #### my $text = $self->_send_to_sock( $sock ); # ... $self->parse_text($text);