From: Gianfranco Bozzetti <gf.bozzetti@...>
Date: 2010-08-08T00:27:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Parse a Date From a String

Siep Korteling wrote:
> 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

p(obj) displays obj using its inspect method.
To display the date use date.to_s as in;

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          # displays: #<Date: 4910827/2,0,2299161>
p date.to_s     # displays: "2010-08-05" note the double quotes
puts date.to_s  # displays: 2010-08-05

HTH gfb
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