Converting a date to mysql format

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Is there an easy way to convert '13-Mar-2009 20:55 PDT' into something
that ruby understands, so that I can output it in a format that mysql
understands?

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Crustov wrote:

Is there an easy way to convert '13-Mar-2009 20:55 PDT' into something
that ruby understands, so that I can output it in a format that mysql
understands?

require 'time'
t = Time.parse '13-Mar-2009 20:55 PDT'
t.strftime("%Y-%m-%d") # => "2009-03-13"

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Awesome. Thanks.

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On Apr 7, 12:26 pm, Joel VanderWerf <vj...@path.berkeley.edu> wrote:

Crustov wrote:
> Is there an easy way to convert '13-Mar-2009 20:55 PDT' into something
> that ruby understands, so that I can output it in a format that mysql
> understands?

require 'time'
t = Time.parse '13-Mar-2009 20:55 PDT'
t.strftime("%Y-%m-%d") # => "2009-03-13"

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vjoel : Joel VanderWerf : path berkeley edu : 510 665 3407