From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2009-06-09T01:07:45+09:00
Subject: Re: sort on European date

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 11:45 AM, aidy<aidy.lewis@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> date = ['15/10/1971', '16/10/1972', '12/12/1971']
> real = date.map {|s| Date.parse s}
> puts real.sort
>
> Could anyone please tell me how I can parse the date in this sort with
> a European format?

  real = date.map {|s| Date.strptime(s, "%d/%m/%Y")}


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