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*Core Extensions String to DateTime Conversion
Core Extensions String to DateTime Conversion
suggest changeString#to_time
Converts a string to a Time value. The form parameter can be either :utc or :local, defaults to :local.
"13-12-2012".to_time # => 2012-12-13 00:00:00 +0100"06:12".to_time # => 2012-12-13 06:12:00 +0100"2012-12-13 06:12".to_time # => 2012-12-13 06:12:00 +0100"2012-12-13T06:12".to_time # => 2012-12-13 06:12:00 +0100"2012-12-13T06:12".to_time(:utc) # => 2012-12-13 06:12:00 UTC"12/13/2012".to_time # => ArgumentError: argument out of rangeString#to_date
Converts a string to a Date value.
"1-1-2012".to_date # => Sun, 01 Jan 2012"01/01/2012".to_date # => Sun, 01 Jan 2012"2012-12-13".to_date # => Thu, 13 Dec 2012"12/13/2012".to_date # => ArgumentError: invalid dateString#to_datetime
Converts a string to a DateTime value.
"1-1-2012".to_datetime # => Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000"01/01/2012 23:59:59".to_datetime # => Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:59:59 +0000"2012-12-13 12:50".to_datetime # => Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:50:00 +0000"12/13/2012".to_datetime # => ArgumentError: invalid date
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