Junkone wrote: > how to convert the string in this format ="Monday April, 3, 2006 10:34 > AM" into a datetime object. When i use Date.parse, i lose the time on > it. when i use ParseDate.parsedate(d) > i get only a array. any help is appreciated. > > > E:\TradingTools\CODE>irb > irb(main):001:0> d="Monday April, 3, 2006 10:34 AM" > => "Monday April, 3, 2006 10:34 AM" > irb(main):002:0> Date.parse(d) > => #<Date: 4907657/2,0,2299161> > > irb(main):004:0> pd=ParseDate.parsedate(d) > => [2006, 4, 3, 10, 34, nil, nil, 1] > > If you want a DateTime object, then you need to use that, not Date. irb(main):001:0> require 'date' => true irb(main):002:0> date = DateTime.parse("Monday April, 3, 2006 10:34 AM") => #<DateTime: 1766756837/720,0,2299161> irb(main):003:0> date.strftime => "2006-04-03T10:34:00+00:00" -Justin