Ruby: convert string to date
In Ruby, what's the best way to convert a string of the format: "{ 2009, 4, 15 }" to a Date?
Solution 1:
You could also use Date.strptime:
Date.strptime("{ 2009, 4, 15 }", "{ %Y, %m, %d }")
Solution 2:
Another way:
s = "{ 2009, 4, 15 }"
d = Date.parse( s.gsub(/, */, '-') )
Solution 3:
def parse_date(date)
Date.parse date.gsub(/[{}\s]/, "").gsub(",", ".")
end
date = parse_date("{ 2009, 4, 15 }")
date.day
#=> 15
date.month
#=> 4
date.year
#=> 2009