From: Victor Kryukov Date: 2010-04-28T11:00:05+09:00 Subject: Date.parse(nil) raises TypeError Hello, in Ruby 1.9 (ruby 1.9.1p378 (2010-01-10 revision 26273) [i386- mingw32]) the following code require 'date' Date.parse(nil) raises TypeError: can't dup NilClass. I think it should be "ArgumentError: invalid date", same as what Date.parse reports for strings with invalid date formats. Should I file a bug report?