From: Glenn Jackman <glennj@...>
Date: 2010-09-08T01:20:29+09:00
Subject: Re: convert  date

At 2010-09-07 01:47AM, "Ben Giddings" wrote:
>  On Sep 6, 2010, at 23:21, Pen Ttt wrote:
> > 2.is there  more simple way to change "oct" into 10?
>  
>  irb(main):004:0> dates = {"jan" => 1, "feb" => 2, "oct" => 10}
> => {"oct"=>10, "jan"=>1, "feb"=>2}
>  irb(main):005:0> dates["oct"]
> => 10
>  

or 

    months = %w{jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec}
    num = months.find_index('oct') + 1


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