to_date

to_date()

Instance Public methods

Converts a string to a Date value.

"1-1-2012".to_date   # => Sun, 01 Jan 2012
"01/01/2012".to_date # => Sun, 01 Jan 2012
"2012-12-13".to_date # => Thu, 13 Dec 2012
"12/13/2012".to_date # => ArgumentError: invalid date

Links:

https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/efff6c1fd4b9e2e4c9f705a45879373cb34a5b0e/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/conversions.rb#L43

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2015-06-20 00:00:00

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