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Hi,
I have a string of format: '28/Sep/2005'.
I am looking for the easiest way to create a Date from that string.
I don't want to make my own conversion of monthname to monthnumber if
not needed.

regards
Hardy

DateTime.parse works for me when using the format "2005-Oct-12". I
tried with yours, and it doesn't like the slashes, but it was smart
enough to figure out the order of the date:

require 'date'
d = DateTime.parse("28-Sep-2005")
d.to_s => "2005-09-28T00:00:00Z"

So, I would just do a gsub before calling parse. i.e. d =
DateTime.parse("28/Sep/2005".gsub!("/", "-"))

HTH

On 31-Oct-05, at 8:23 AM, Hardy Henneberg wrote:

> Hi,
> I have a string of format: '28/Sep/2005'.
> I am looking for the easiest way to create a Date from that string.
> I don't want to make my own conversion of monthname to monthnumber
> if not needed.
>
> regards
> Hardy
>
>

Hi,

Hardy Henneberg <> writes:

> Hi,
> I have a string of format: '28/Sep/2005'.
> I am looking for the easiest way to create a Date from that string.
> I don't want to make my own conversion of monthname to monthnumber if
> not needed.

% ruby -rdate -e 'puts Date.strptime("28/Sep/2005", "%d/%b/%Y")'
2005-09-28

--
eban

Thanks,
that's what I was looking for.
BTW - do you have a link to a site defining these formatting symbols ?

regards Hardy

WATANABE Hirofumi wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Hardy Henneberg <> writes:
>
>
>
>>Hi,
>>I have a string of format: '28/Sep/2005'.
>>I am looking for the easiest way to create a Date from that string.
>>I don't want to make my own conversion of monthname to monthnumber if
>>not needed.
>>
>>
>
>% ruby -rdate -e 'puts Date.strptime("28/Sep/2005", "%d/%b/%Y")'
>2005-09-28
>
>
>

On Monday 31 October 2005 14:59, Hardy Henneberg wrote:
> Thanks,
> that's what I was looking for.
> BTW - do you have a link to a site defining these formatting
> symbols ?

I guess they are the same as those documented under:

% ri Time#strftime

HTH,
Stefan

Thank you.
/Hardy

Stefan Lang wrote:

>On Monday 31 October 2005 14:59, Hardy Henneberg wrote:
>
>
>>Thanks,
>>that's what I was looking for.
>>BTW - do you have a link to a site defining these formatting
>>symbols ?
>>
>>
>
>I guess they are the same as those documented under:
>
> % ri Time#strftime
>
>HTH,
> Stefan
>
>
>
>
>