#!/usr/bin/perl
$txt='11:Feb:2019 "This is an Example!"';
$re1='.*?';
$re2='((?:Jan(?:uary)?|Feb(?:ruary)?|Mar(?:ch)?|Apr(?:il)?|May|Jun(?:e)?|Jul(?:y)?|Aug(?:ust)?|Sep(?:tember)?|Sept|Oct(?:ober)?|Nov(?:ember)?|Dec(?:ember)?))';
$re3='.*?';
$re4='is';
$re5='.*?';
$re6='(is)';
$re=$re1.$re2.$re3.$re4.$re5.$re6;
if ($txt =~ m/$re/is)
{
$month1=$1;
$var1=$2;
print "($month1) ($var1) \n";
}
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