From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-04-13T22:45:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Really quick question - How do I convert a string to a date

On Apr 13, 2005, at 8:36 AM, Glenn Smith wrote:

> I need a 'Date' object which is converted from a string value
> containing something like '13/04/2005' (english format date).
>
> Help!

This isn't a particularly brilliant answer, so hopefully someone will 
do better:

ruby -r date -e 'puts Date.parse("13/04/2005".split("/").values_at(1, 
0, 2).join("/"))'

Hope that helps.

James Edward Gray II