From: Glenn Jackman <glennj@...>
Date: 2009-09-01T06:20:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Time Format Conversions

At 2009-08-31 02:09PM, "s.ross" wrote:
>  On Aug 31, 2009, at 10:27 AM, Alpha Blue wrote:
> > So, I'm trying to find out the best practice for converting a time
> > format from the following:
> >
> > "3:00 PM"
> > "10:00 PM"
> > "1:00 AM"
> >
> > TO:
> >
> > "15:00:00"
> > "22:00:00"
> > "01:00:00"
>  
>  $ gem install chronic
>  $ irb
>  > require 'chronic'
>  > Chronic.parse("3:00 PM").strftime('%H:%M:%S')
> => "15:00:00"


Don't need a gem, the 'time' package from the standard library will do:

    require 'time'
    new = Time.parse(old).strftime("%T")

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