From: botp <botpena@...>
Date: 2011-02-03T14:45:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Converting date format (CSV to yaml)

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Kamarulnizam Rahim <niezam54@hotmail.com> wrote:
> .csv date format:
>
> 12/1/2011
>
> .yaml date format:
>
> 2011-01-12

when csv reads the data, it's still a string. you may want to convert
the string further to Date. in that case, use Date.strptime and pass
the string and it's current format

eg in irb,

> Date.strptime "12/1/2011", "%d/%M/%Y"
#=> #<Date: 2011-01-12 (4911147/2,0,2299161)>

where %d stands for day, %M for month, and %Y for year
note, the format must match your string otherwise you'll get errors
like invalid date..

best regards -botp