How to getDate

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irb(main):023:0> start_date = “Mon Nov 20 00:00:00 UTC+0530 2006”

=> “Mon Nov 20 00:00:00 UTC+0530 2006”

irb(main):025:0> d= Date.strptime(start_date, ‘%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Z %Y’)

=> #<Date: 4908119/2,0,2299161>

irb(main):026:0> d.strftime

=> “2006-11-20”

Regards,

Dave

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Sure. You can get it back with d.strftime('%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Z %Y')

require 'date'

t = 'Mon Nov 20 00:00:00 UTC+0530 2006' d= Date.strptime(t, '%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Z %Y') date = d.to_s year, month, day = date.split(/-/) month = month.sub(/^0/,'') puts day + "/" + month + "/" + year

puts d.strftime('%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Z %Y')

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Something screwy with the time zone name though...

Dave Dave wrote: