From: fw <fwmailinglists@...>
Date: 2007-12-27T23:06:37+09:00
Subject: Re: change string to date error

On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 22:39 +0900, Junkone wrote:
> i get the following error. wonder why
> 
> irb(main):068:0> @@config["date"]
> => "27/12/2007"
> irb(main):069:0> Time.parse(@@config["date"])
> ArgumentError: argument out of range
>         from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/time.rb:184:in `local'
>         from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/time.rb:184:in `make_time'
>         from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/time.rb:243:in `parse'
>         from (irb):69
>         from :0
> irb(main):070:0>
> 

You have the month and day swapped - there's no 27th month in a year:

$ irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'time'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> Time.parse('27/12/2007')
ArgumentError: argument out of range
        from /home/felix/ruby1.8.6/lib/ruby/1.8/time.rb:184:in `local'
        from /home/felix/ruby1.8.6/lib/ruby/1.8/time.rb:184:in
`make_time'
        from /home/felix/ruby1.8.6/lib/ruby/1.8/time.rb:243:in `parse'
        from (irb):2
irb(main):003:0> Time.parse('12/27/2007')
=> Thu Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2007
irb(main):004:0> 


HTH,

Felix