Ruby in a Nutshell

Name

ParseDate — Date representation parser module

Synopsis

The ParseDate module parses strings that represent calendar dates in various formats.

Required Library

require ‘parsedate’

Module Function

parsedate(str[, cyear=false])

Parses a date and/or time expression within str and returns the parsed elements (year, month, day, hour, minute, second, time zone, and day of the week) as an array. Sunday is represented as 0 in the day-of-the-week element. nil is returned for elements that can’t be parsed or have no corresponding string representation. If cyear is true, years with a value of 68 or less are interpreted as being in the 2000s and years ranging from 69 to 99 are interpreted as being in the 1900s. In summary, beware of the Y2K69 problem!