From: Dan Daniels <sdsurfgeek@...>
Date: 2007-08-01T06:49:10+09:00
Subject: Re: help with string matching

Gordon Thiesfeld wrote:
> On Jul 31, 2:47 pm, Dan Daniels <sdsurfg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> This does not work:
>>
>> logdate = "#...@calendar1.year}-" + (@calendar1.month + 1).to_s +
>> "-...@calendar1.day}"
>> #output is: 2007-07-30
> 
> 
> You might also look at using Time#strftime to get your string:
> 
>>> t = Time.local(2007,7,30)
> => Mon Jul 30 00:00:00 -0500 2007
>>> t.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
> => "2007-07-30"


Good call, I ended up with this:

logdate = "#{@calendar1.year}-" + (@calendar1.month + 1).to_s + 
"-#{@calendar1.day}"
> => "2007-7-30"
logdate = Date.parse(logdate).to_s
> => "2007-07-30"


Would Time#strftime be better?
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