From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-04-13T22:53:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Really quick question - How do I convert a string to a date

On Apr 13, 2005, at 8:49 AM, WATANABE Hirofumi wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Glenn Smith <glenn.ruby@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I need a 'Date' object which is converted from a string value
>> containing something like '13/04/2005' (english format date).
>
> % ruby -rdate -e 'puts Date.strptime("13/04/2005", "%d/%m/%Y")'
> 2005-04-13

I knew there had to be a clever solution.  Nice!

James Edward Gray II