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Ruby » Date » DateTime

Try different formats





require 'date'



TRY_FORMATS = ['%d/%m/%y', '%Y %m %d']



def try_to_parse(s)

  parsed = nil

  TRY_FORMATS.each do |format|

    begin

      parsed = Date.strptime(s, format)

      break

    rescue ArgumentError

    end

  end

  return parsed

end



puts try_to_parse('1/10/07').to_s            # => "2007-10-01"

puts try_to_parse('2007 1 10').to_s          # => "2007-01-10"

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