From: Todd <toddkennethbenson@...>
Date: 2005-11-18T14:27:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Ordinal Date String to Standard Date String for a Beginner

davyb wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an ordinal date string and I want to change it to an ordinary
> date string.  For example: 2005/1 should give January 1, 2005.  I see
> ordinal in the Date class but I need a simple example.  Thanks,
>
> Dave

irb(main):001:0> require 'date'
irb(main):002:0> d = Date.( 2005, 321)
irb(main):003:0> d.to_s
=> '2005-11-17'
irb(main):004:0> d.asctime
=> "Thu Nov 17 00:00:00 2005"
irb(main):005:0> p "#{d.month}/#{d.day}/#{d.year}"
=> "11/17/2005"


There may be other methods/ways/formats, but those are what caught my
attention at first.

Todd