my $string_date = 'Date: 10.04.2006'; my $string_time = 'Time: 05:09:31.192'; my ($day,$month,$year) = $string_date =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)/; $string_time =~ s/[^\d]//g; my $result = $year.$month.$day.$string_time; print $result;