From: Xavier Noria <fxn@...>
Date: 2007-10-28T08:30:04+09:00
Subject: Re: convert string format

On Oct 28, 2007, at 1:15 AM, Junkone wrote:

> Hello
> I have a date like 20070801 in a string. how do i change it to
> 2007/08/01 using regex

A solution with unpack:

   irb(main):003:0> "20070801".unpack("a4a2a2").join("/")
   => "2007/08/01"

-- fxn