#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $datum = '05.12.14 12:00:04'; my $timestamp = $datum; $timestamp =~ s/(\d{2})\.(\d{2})\.(\d{2})\ (\d{2})\:(\d{2})\:(\d{2})/20$3$2$1$4$5$6/; print $timestamp;