From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2008-05-08T04:09:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Date Parsing

Clement Ow wrote:
> Clement Ow wrote:
>> Date.strptime('20081020',"%Y%m%d")
>> undefined method `strptime' for Date:Class (NoMethodError)
>> 
>> Date.parse('20081020',"%Y%m%d").to_s
>> undefined method `parse' for DateTime:Class (NoMethodError)
> 
> and im running ruby 1.8.5.. could it be why this has a prob? Like a bug
> or something?

It appears that Date.parse() and Date.strptime() are/were broken, and 
therefore the defacto means for parsing Dates from Strings are the 
Standard Library modules: ParseDate and Scanf.   For instance,  "The 
Ruby Way" doesn't even mention Date.parse() or Date.strptime() when 
discussing how to get Dates from Strings.  And pickaxe2 doesn't cover 
the Date/Time subject at all.

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