From: Siep Korteling <s.korteling@...>
Date: 2010-08-07T05:54:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Parse a Date From a String

Arti Singh wrote:
> Help!! I get a float when I  try to parse a date from a string.
> The date from the string is in the format "Thu Aug 05 15:00:36 2010"
> I try date_var="Thu Aug 05 15:00:36 2010"
> date_var.strptime("%a %b %d %I:%M:%S %Y") but I get a floating point
> variable

The "%I" in your code should be a "%H" (24 hour clock)

require 'date'
date_var = "Thu Aug 05 15:00:36 2010"
date = Date.strptime( date_var, "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y" )
p date

hth,

Siep
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