a="SCT/PS/BARREL/Q1/BARREL2/HVchCurr 03-04-2015 23:56:25:292   6.817800E+04"
print a
b=a.split()                  <========= ()なら連続spaceも扱う
print "0 : %s" %b[0]
print b[1]
print b[2]
print b[3]
c=b[1].split("-")
print "%s %s %s" %(c[0],c[1],c[2])
c1,c2,c3=b[1].split("-")
print "%s %s %s" %(c1,c2,c3)
print b

import re    <========= reをいれること　　　multiple separators
x="72194.00 04-03-2015 00:04:17:465"
#x1,x2,x3,x4,x5,x6,x7,x8,x9ZZ=x.split("-")
z1=re.split("[: \-]",x)           <=========　-はrange indicatorと区別するため\を入れること
print "%s %s %s" %(z1[0],z1[1],z1[2])
x1,x2,x3,x4,x5,x6,x7,x8=re.split("[ :\-]",x)
print "%s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s" %(x1,x2,x3,x4,x5,x6,x7,x8)



print "#-------for data with negative values"
a="  -0.3363000 03-04-2015 21:42:04:909"
print a
b=a.split()
print b[0]
print b[1]
print b[2]
d,m,y=b[1].split("-")
print "%s into %s %s %s" %(b[1], d,m,y)
h,mi,s,ss=b[2].split(":")
print "%s into %s %s %s %s" %(b[2],h,mi,s,ss)



===================================
$ python split.py
SCT/PS/BARREL/Q1/BARREL2/HVchCurr 03-04-2015 23:56:25:292   6.817800E+04
0 : SCT/PS/BARREL/Q1/BARREL2/HVchCurr
03-04-2015
23:56:25:292
6.817800E+04
03 04 2015
03 04 2015
['SCT/PS/BARREL/Q1/BARREL2/HVchCurr', '03-04-2015', '23:56:25:292', '6.817800E+04']
72194.00 04 03
72194.00 04 03 2015 00 04 17 465

#-------for data with negative values
  -0.3363000 03-04-2015 21:42:04:909
-0.3363000
03-04-2015
21:42:04:909
03-04-2015 into 03 04 2015
21:42:04:909 into 21 42 04 909