From: Clement Ow <clement.ow@...>
Date: 2008-05-07T13:24:48+09:00
Subject: Date Parsing

I have a script which I need to create a new Time or Date object to
compare 2 dates for deletion. ie to delete files older than a stipulated
date
But i tend to get this error, undefined method 'parse' for
DateTime:class or undefined method 'strptime'

Can anyone tell me what is wrong? A snippet of my code is as follows:

>      folders.each do |folder|
>      Dir.glob(folder+"/*") do |file|
>      match = regexp.match(File.basename(file))
>      match1 = regexp1.match(File.basename(file))
>      matchExp = excep_yyyymmdd.match(File.basename(file))
>      matchExp1 = excep_ddmmyyyy.match(File.basename(file))
>        if match
>           file_date = DateTime.strptime(match[1])


>          if matchExp != nil or matchExp1 != nil
>             if $keepLastMthDay == true or $keepLastMth == true
>               puts "File Escaped: #{file} (Keep last day of month option >activated)"
>             elsif $keepLastMthDay == false and $keepLastMth == false
>               if delete_date > file_date
>                size = (File.size(file))/1024
>                deleted_files << fileData.new(file,size)
>                puts "Files/Folders deleted: #{file} size: #{size} KB"
>               #FileUtils.rm_r file
>               end #if
>             end #if
>          elsif matchExp == nil or matchExp1 == nil
>             if delete_date > file_date
>               size = (File.size(file))/1024
>               deleted_files << fileData.new(file,size)
>               puts "Files/Folders deleted: #{file} size: #{size} KB"
>               #FileUtils.rm_r file
>               end #if
>           end # if matchExp
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