From: Kevin Olbrich <devlists-ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2006-09-23T00:28:33+09:00
Subject: Re: converting a number to a date


On Friday, September 22, 2006, at 11:43 PM, Hunter Walker wrote:
>Kevin Olbrich wrote:
>> On Friday, September 22, 2006, at 12:13 PM, Hunter Walker wrote:
>>>My XML request returned a date field as a "string" with the value of
>>>1158364800000
>>>Does Ruby have a function to turn this into a date?
>>>
>>>Thank you!
>>>
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>>>Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>>>
>>
>> You can, if you have any idea how that date is being encoded.  It
>> doesn't seem like a timestamp, and it's not the format a Date or
>> DateTime object uses.
>>
>> _Kevin
>> www.sciwerks.com
>
>What format do I need for the Date or DateTime object?
>
>
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>Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>

There are a number of ways to parse dates and times.  The most basic  
would be to use a unix timestamp (integer) and then just use the  
Time.at(value) function.

you can also use ParseDate, or DateTime.parse, or the Chronic gem.

I guess my real question is:
What does "1158364800000" represent?  It is unlike any time format I've seen.


_Kevin
www.sciwerks.com

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