Wes Gamble wrote:
> Wow - dates and times sure are all over the place in Ruby.
> 
> I want to initialize a DateTime object to have MDY of 12/30/1899 but 
> time components matching the current time.
> 
> I've tried:
> 
> DateTime.strptime("%Y-%m-%d %h:%M:%S", "1899-12-30 
> #{time.hour}:#{time.min}:#{time.sec}")
> 
> but strptime doesn't seem to like it.
> 
> Do I need to use a Time object - where's the correct string parsing 
> method for me to use?
> 
> Thanks,
> Wes

Then I tried

Time.local(1899,"dec",30,10,0,0)

and 1899 is too far back.

Is there any way that I can create a time object with arbitrary year, 
month, and day and current hour, minute, and second?

Thanks,
Wes

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