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