root@svr ~] perl
use Date::Language;

print "\n", "Date::Parse ", '#' x 20, "\n";
$anfang_in = '29 Okt 2011 8:30';

print "Anfang: '$anfang_in'\n";

my $lang = Date::Language->new('German');
my $time2 = $lang->str2time($anfang_in);

#my ($ss,$mm,$hh,$day,$month,$year,$zone) = strptime($anfang_in);

print "str2time: $time2\n";

print "time2str: ", $lang->time2str("%d %b %Y %R %Z",$time2),"\n";

__END__

Date::Parse ####################
Anfang: '29 Okt 2011 8:30'
str2time: 1319869800
time2str: 29 Okt 2011 08:30 MEST