From: matt@... (matt neuburg)
Date: 2009-04-11T00:35:03+09:00
Subject: Re: date formatting bug?

Mark Volkmann <mark@ociweb.com> wrote:

> Why does the year get changed in this code?
> 
> require 'date'
> s = '2998-12-31'
> date = Date.parse(s)
> f = date.strftime('%d-%b-%G')

It's because you asked for %G. If you wanted the actual year component
of the date, you would have used %Y. man strftime...

m.

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