From: Robert Klemme Date: 2010-09-07T16:42:20+09:00 Subject: Re: convert date On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 8:07 AM, Gary Wright wrote: > > On Sep 6, 2010, at 11:21 PM, Pen Ttt wrote: >> >> 2.is there  more simple way to change "oct" into 10? > > ruby-1.9.2-p0 >   Date.parse('oct').month >  => 10 09:41:43 ~$ allruby -r date -e 'p Date.parse("oct").month' CYGWIN_NT-5.1 padrklemme2 1.7.7(0.230/5/3) 2010-08-31 09:58 i686 Cygwin ======================================== ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i386-cygwin] 10 ======================================== ruby 1.9.1p429 (2010-07-02 revision 28523) [i386-cygwin] 10 ======================================== jruby 1.4.0 (ruby 1.8.7 patchlevel 174) (2009-11-02 69fbfa3) (Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 1.6.0_21) [x86-java] 10 09:41:56 ~$ Cheers robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/