From: Sebastian Hungerecker Date: 2009-01-06T01:18:12+09:00 Subject: Re: i have some challenges with the date Junkone wrote: > here i have a string date like this. 02/01/2009 : Format is DD/MM/YY > however my date.parse switches the month and the day. > how do i fix it. > > irb(main):011:0> Date.parse("02/01/2009").strftime('%Y-%m-%d') > => "2009-02-01" >> Date.strptime("02/01/2009","%d/%m/%Y").to_s => "2009-01-02" HTH, Sebastian -- NP: Mindcrime - Burning Glass (edit) Jabber: sepp2k@jabber.org ICQ: 205544826