From: David Douthitt <DDouthitt@...>
Date: 2000-05-12T12:00:57-05:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:02792] Re: Time Conversions

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Thank you thank you!

But now, a few questions...

Your code:

  require 'parsedate'
  include ParseDate

  t =3D Time.local(*parsedate("Fri May 12 2000 10:48a")[0,6])
  p t  # =3D> Fri May 12 10:48:00 CDT 2000

What does the * in *parsedate do?

Secondly, matzes code:

  require 'parsedate'

  year, month, day, hour, min =3D ParseDate.parsedate("Fri May 12 2000 =
10:48a")
  p Time.mktime(year, month, day, hour, min)

You use the array subscript [0,6] (which I read as the zeroth element and =
the sixth element....)  Matz uses [0..4] (which I read as the zeroth =
element THROUGH the fourth element.)  I'm sure I misread it, but that's =
what it looks like.

It also too me a little bit to realize that 5 elements or 6, mktime (or =
local) still works - had to go back and read Time::gm from your (WONDERFUL!=
) reference.

You might also want to know that the nice header formatting (et al) in =
ref_c_time.html is lost right after "to_a"

http://www.rubycentral.com/ref/ref_c_time.html#to_a

Thank you for all of your hard work on that reference!

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<DIV><FONT size=3D1>Thank you thank you!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D1>But now, a few questions...</FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Your code:</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp; require 'parsedate'<BR>&nbsp; include ParseDate<BR><BR>&nbsp; =
t =3D=20
Time.local(*parsedate("Fri May 12 2000 10:48a")[0,6])<BR>&nbsp; p t&nbsp; =
#=20
=3D&gt; Fri May 12 10:48:00 CDT 2000<BR></DIV>
<DIV>What does the * in *parsedate do?</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Secondly, matzes code:</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp; require 'parsedate'<BR><BR>&nbsp; year, month, day, hour, min =
=3D=20
ParseDate.parsedate("Fri May 12 2000 10:48a")<BR>&nbsp; p Time.mktime(year,=
=20
month, day, hour, min)</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>You use the array subscript [0,6] (which I read as the zeroth element =
and=20
the sixth element....)&nbsp; Matz uses [0..4] (which I read as the =
zeroth=20
element THROUGH the fourth element.)&nbsp; I'm sure I misread it, but =
that's=20
what it looks like.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>It also too me a little bit to realize that 5 elements or 6, mktime =
(or=20
local) still works - had to go back and read Time::gm from your (WONDERFUL!=
)=20
reference.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>You might also want to know that the nice header formatting (et al) =
in=20
ref_c_time.html is lost right after "to_a"</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><A=20
href=3D"http://www.rubycentral.com/ref/ref_c_time.html#to_a">http://www.rub=
ycentral.com/ref/ref_c_time.html#to_a</A></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Thank you for all of your hard work on that reference!</DIV>
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