7stud -- wrote: > Heesob Park wrote: >> Hi, >> >> [sidns@ns ~]$ irb >> irb(main):001:0> require 'date' >> => true >> irb(main):002:0> Date.strptime('20102008',"%d%m%Y").to_s >> => "2008-10-20" >> irb(main):003:0> Date.strptime('20081020',"%Y%m%d").to_s >> => "2008-10-20" >> > > > $ irb > irb(main):001:0> require 'date' > => true > irb(main):002:0> Date.strptime("20081020", "%Y%m%d").to_s > ArgumentError: invalid date > from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/date.rb:650:in `new_with_hash' > from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/date.rb:675:in `strptime' > from (irb):2 Ruby 1.8.4 fails but Ruby 1.8.6 works. Regards, Park Heesob -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.