From: Junkone Date: 2008-01-02T02:35:01+09:00 Subject: help in changing string format I need some help in converting this date time format to the one time.parse will accept. irb(main):039:0> time="31/12/2007 5:00:00 PM" => "31/12/2007 5:00:00 PM" irb(main):040:0> Time.parse(time) 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):40 from ¢¾:0 apprecaite ur help. seede