From: khaines@...
Date: 2008-05-23T03:21:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Date Parsing

On Thu, 8 May 2008, 7stud -- wrote:

> 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.

require 'date'

Nothing is broken.


Kirk Haines