diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 494728b..321546a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,3 +8,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 num = "0.4"
 clap = { version = "3.1.8", features = ["derive"] }
+chrono = "0.4"
+nom = "7.1.1"
+genawaiter = "0.99.1"
+nom-bufreader = "0.2.0"
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diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 5423c94..8711738 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,25 @@ use std::io::prelude::*;
 use std::io;
 use std::fs::File;
 
+use genawaiter::{sync::gen, yield_};
 use num::*;
 use clap::Parser;
+use chrono::prelude::*;
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+
+use nom_bufreader::bufreader::BufReader;
+use nom_bufreader::{Error, Parse};
+use nom::{
+    branch::alt,
+    bytes::streaming::{tag, take_until, take_while1},
+    character::streaming::{space0,alpha1, multispace1, digit1},
+    combinator::map_res,
+    IResult,
+    sequence::tuple
+};
+
+// TODO : Remove
+use std::str::from_utf8;
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
 struct Cli {
@@ -17,44 +34,139 @@ struct Timestamp{
     timestamp:   BigInt
 }
 
+// TODO: implement any timescales greater than a second
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum Timescale {ps, ns, us, ms, s, unit}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct Scope_Idx(usize);
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct Signal_Idx(usize);
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct Version(String);
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct Metadata {
+    date      : Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
+    version   : Option<Version>,
+    timescale : (Option<u32>, Timescale)}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum SignalGeneric{
+    Signal{
+        name           : String,
+        timeline       : BTreeMap<BigInt, BigInt>,
+        scope_parent   : Scope_Idx},
+    SignalAlias{
+        name          : String,
+        signal_alias  : Signal_Idx}
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct Scope {
+    name          : String,
+    child_signals : Vec<Signal_Idx>,
+    child_scopes  : Vec<Scope_Idx>}
+
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct VCD {
+    metadata    : Metadata,
+    all_signals : Vec<SignalGeneric>,
+    // the root scope should always be placed at index 0
+    all_scopes  : Vec<Scope>}
+
+fn method(i: &[u8]) -> IResult<&[u8], String, ()> {
+    map_res(alt((tag("GET"), tag("POST"), tag("HEAD"))), |s| {
+        from_utf8(s).map(|s| s.to_string())
+    })(i)
+}
+
+fn path(i: &[u8]) -> IResult<&[u8], String, ()> {
+    map_res(take_until(" "), |s| from_utf8(s).map(|s| s.to_string()))(i)
+}
+
+fn date(i: &[u8]) -> IResult<&[u8], DateTime<Utc>, ()> {
+    let (i, _) = tag("$date")(i)?;
+    
+    let (i, _) = multispace1(i)?;
+    let (i, weekday) = alt((
+        tag("Mon"), tag("Tue"), tag("Wed"), tag("Thu"), 
+        tag("Fri"), tag("Sat"), tag("Sun")))(i)?;
+        
+    let (i, _) = multispace1(i)?;
+    let (i, month) = alt((
+        tag("Jan"), tag("Feb"), tag("Mar"), tag("Apr"), 
+        tag("May"), tag("Jun"), tag("July"), tag("Sept"), 
+        tag("Oct"), tag("Nov"), tag("Dec")))(i)?;
+    
+    let (i, _) = multispace1(i)?;
+    let (i, day) = digit1(i)?;
+
+    let (i, _) = multispace1(i)?;
+    let (i, hour) = digit1(i)?;
+
+    let (i, _) = tag(":")(i)?;
+    let (i, minute) = digit1(i)?;
+
+    let (i, _) = tag(":")(i)?;
+    let (i, second) = digit1(i)?;
+
+    let (i, _) = multispace1(i)?;
+    let (i, year) = digit1(i)?;
+
+    let (i, _) = multispace1(i)?;
+    let (i, _) = tag("$end")(i)?;
+
+    let (weekday, month, day, hour, minute, second, year) = (
+        from_utf8(weekday).unwrap(),
+        from_utf8(month).unwrap(),
+        from_utf8(day).unwrap(),
+        from_utf8(hour).unwrap(),
+        from_utf8(minute).unwrap(),
+        from_utf8(second).unwrap(),
+        from_utf8(year).unwrap(),
+    );
+
+    let dt = Utc.datetime_from_str(
+        format!("{weekday} {month} {day} {hour}:{minute}:{second} {year}")
+        .as_str(), "%a %b %e %T %Y")
+        .unwrap();
+    
+    Ok((i, dt))
+    
+}
+
+fn space(i: &[u8]) -> IResult<&[u8], (), ()> {
+    let (i, _) = space0(i)?;
+    Ok((i, ()))
+}
+
 fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     let args = Cli::parse();
 
     let file       = File::open(&args.path)?;
-    let mut reader = io::BufReader::new(file);
+    let mut reader = BufReader::new(file);
+    let m = reader.parse(date).expect("failed to parse date");
+    dbg!(m.to_rfc2822());
 
-    let mut buffer             = String::new();
-    let mut timestamp_offsets  = Vec::new();
-    let mut timestamps         = Vec::new();
+    // let mut file_by_line = gen!({
+    //     while {
+    //         let bytes_read = reader.read_line(&mut buffer).unwrap();
+    //         bytes_read > 0
+    //     } {
+    //         yield_!(buffer.as_bytes());
+    //         buffer.clear()
+    //     }
+    // });
 
-    while {
-        let bytes_read = reader.read_line(&mut buffer).unwrap();
-        bytes_read > 0
-    } {
-        if &buffer[0..1] == "#" {
-            let pos = reader.stream_position().unwrap();
-            timestamp_offsets.push(pos);
+    // for line in file_by_line {
+    //     dbg!(&line);
+    // }
 
-            let timestamp = {
-                let len = buffer.len();
-                let str_val = &buffer[1..(len - 1)].as_bytes();
-                BigInt::parse_bytes(str_val, 10).unwrap()
-            };
-            timestamps.push(timestamp);
-        }
-        buffer.clear()
-    }
 
-    let index = 4;
-    let timestamp_offset = timestamp_offsets.get(index).unwrap();
-    let timestamp        = timestamps.get(index).unwrap();
-    dbg!((timestamp_offset, timestamp));
-
-    // seek to where we found the first timestamp and read
-    // out the next line
-    reader.seek(io::SeekFrom::Start(*timestamp_offset));
-    reader.read_line(&mut buffer);
-    dbg!(buffer);
 
     Ok(())
 }