Extracting the date from a flat file name in OWB

Hi,
I have a particular scenario, where I need to retrieve the date value from the name of the flat file and load it into a table, as a field in the target table. Is it possible to do this directly in owb. Your help would be appreciated.
regards,
varsha

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hi sonam.
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