On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 1:50 AM, Greg Hauptmann
<greg.hauptmann.ruby / gmail.com> wrote:
> umm...Date parse doesn't seem to be that good, for example see below
>
>>> Loading development environment (Rails 2.1.0)
>>>
> ?> Date.parse("123", "%d/%m/%Y")
> => Fri, 02 May 2008
>>> Date.parse("123", "%d/%m/%Y").class
> => Date
>>>
>

FWIW, it is assuming you want the 123rd day of the year.

Michael Guterl