From: Michael Guterl <mguterl@...>
Date: 2009-04-15T09:39:22+09:00
Subject: Date.parse 1.8 vs 1.9

In attempting to make a small library of mine 1.9 compatible I have
run across an inconsistency in date parsing.

Ruby 1.8:
>> puts Date.parse("4/12/2009")
2009-04-12

>> puts Date.parse("4/30/2009")
2009-04-30

Ruby 1.9:
>> puts Date.parse("4/12/2009")
2009-12-04

>> puts Date.parse("4/30/2009")
ArgumentError: invalid date

I am sure I am not the first person to run across this issue.  What is
the recommended way for dealing with this?

Best,
Michael Guterl