String by date in Ruby

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I have many many string values that look like "March 31st 1999".

Is there an easy way to get this string format to Ruby date?

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nohayeye Jan 24 13 at 21:28

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You can use Date.parse

. For more complex date strings, you can use strptime

:

require 'date'
puts Date.strptime('Mar 31, 1999', '%b %d, %Y') #->1999-03-31

strptime

is the opposite strftime

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knut Jan 24 13 at 21:49

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To parse a wide range of date strings, chronic

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DGM Jan 25. 13 at 2:49 am

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alestanis · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-24T21:30:42+0000

You can use the method Date.parse

:

> Date.parse "Mar 31, 1999"
=> Wed, 31 Mar 1999