From: Glenn Smith <glenn.ruby@...>
Date: 2005-04-14T14:03:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Really quick question - How do I convert a string to a date

It was exactly this problem I was having Neil (ie. using ParseDate on
'13/04'2005' gave me an error - I think it didn't like there being 13
months!)

On 4/13/05, Neil Stevens <neil@hakubi.us> wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 23:50:12 +0900, Farrel Lifson wrote:
> 
> > ParseDate? It's in Ruby's Std Lib -
> > http://www.rubycentral.com/book/lib_standard.html#ParseDate.parsedate
> 
> Nope, that assumes month/day/year when it sees that style.  It can only
> support one or the other thanks to cases like '1/2/2005'.
> 
> --
> Neil Stevens - neil@hakubi.us
> 
> 'A republic, if you can keep it.' -- Benjamin Franklin
> 
> 


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All the best
Glenn
Aylesbury, UK