for $key(sort keys %sort_dates){
  print $key,"-rel->",$sort_dates{$key},"\n";
}

my ($key) = (sort keys %sorted_dates)[-1];
print $sorted_dates{$key};

my ($key) = (sort keys %sorted_dates)[-1];
my ($version) = $sorted_dates{$key} =~ /-([^:])+:/;
print $version,"\n";

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

#read in the data respective with dates etc.
my @result = ("AUDIO2-A3.12_P1:project:BmwWtz#1 Wed May 31               13:35:31     2006\n",
           "AUDIO2-A3.00_P1:project:BmwWtz#1 Wed Sep 34 11:22:57           2006\n",
           "AUDIO2-A3.30_P1:project:BmwWtz#1                Wed Sep          13 00:00:00 1999\n",
           "AUDIO2-A2.17_P1:project:BmwWtz#1 Wed Sep          20 30:06:45 1870\n",
           "AUDIO2-A5.17_P1:project:BmwWtz#1 Wed Sep 13 17:45:63 2220\n",
           "AUDIO2-A9.8:project:BmwWtz#1     Mon May 30             18:18:02 2006\n");

#declare array converting letter months to number months
my %months = ( "Jan" => "01",
            "Feb" => "02",
            "Mar" => "03",
            "Apr" => "04",
            "May" => "05",
            "Jun" => "06",
            "Jul" => "07",
            "Aug" => "08",
            "Sep" => "09",
            "Oct" => "10",
            "Nov" => "11",
            "Dec" => "12"
            );

printsorted(@result);

sub printsorted {
  my @lines = @_;

  #define sort_dates array
  my %sort_dates = ();
  
  #take the data from months and input it with the rest of the string
  foreach my $string_line (@lines)
  { 
      if( $string_line =~ /(.*#[0-9])\s+[a-zA-Z]{3}\s+([a-zA-Z]{3})\s+(\d{1,2})\s+(\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})\s+(\d{4})$/ ) { #sorts out sparts via regex
         print $7,"\n";
         $sort_dates{$7.$months{$2}.$3.$4.$5.$6} = $1;
      }
  }
  
  my ($key) = (sort keys %sort_dates)[-1];
  my ($version) = $sort_dates{$key} =~ /-([^:]+):/;
  print $key," -- ",$sort_dates{$key}," -- ",$version,"\n";
}