From: Lex Williams <etaern@...>
Date: 2008-09-08T16:48:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Sort date array without using ruby's built-in date class

Robert Marley wrote:
> Say for instance I have an array of dates in string format
> 
> dates = ['06/12/08', '11/11/06', '01/01/07']
> 
> I want to sort this array in ascending order without using Ruby's
> built-in date class. Is there a way of doing this?
> 
> Just started Ruby and I'm pretty much a newbie. I tried the sort!, but
> it sorts only by day.
> 
> Thanks
> Rob

you should split each string on / and then make the comparisons , in 
this order : year , month , day
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