From: Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...>
Date: 2009-04-15T11:37:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Date.parse 1.8 vs 1.9


>>> 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?

http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/634
treats to some background of it.  But doesn't explain this oddity 
[unless it is just Ruby saying "you are running into danger by even 
attempting to parse dd/dd/dddd because the first two dd's could 
theoretically later come back to bite you" [?]
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