From: Mike McKinney <mike.s.mckinney@...>
Date: 2008-01-14T04:39:27+09:00
Subject: Re: regualr expression (need help)

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Henry,

should do :

    ValidDate = File.readlines('someFile.txt').to_s.grep(/Not After/)

instead of :

    ValidDate = File.open("someFile.txt").readlines.to_s.grep(/Not After/)

Sebastian corrected me once... File.open without a block will leave the file
pointer open... :)

M

On Jan 13, 2008 12:47 PM, Heinrich Piard <linux@piard.de> wrote:

> Daniel Finnie wrote:
> > I would create a time object and then format it how you like.
> >
> > Time.parse(string).strftime(format_string)
> >
> > Look up the docs for Time#strftime to determine the format string.
>
>
> Guys - thanks a lot.
> It works just great!!
>
> Here the snipped:
> ValidDate = File.open("someFile.txt").readlines.to_s.grep(/Not After/)
> #puts 'Certificate is valid ' + ValidDate.to_s
> CertValidDate = Time.parse(ValidDate.to_s).strftime("%Y-%d-%m")
> #puts CertValidDate
>
> Now I can do my comparison with actualDate and CertValidDAte and I am
> able to create an alarm.
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> bye
> Henry
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