# Date.new('2007-09-01') not legal? **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [14 November 2007 18:52 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/date-new-2007-09-01-not-legal/42196 "2007-11-14T18:52:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Greg\_Willits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Greg\_Willits](https://rubytalk.org/u/Greg_Willits)\ **Post date:** [14 November 2007 18:52 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/date-new-2007-09-01-not-legal/42196/1 "2007-11-14T18:52:08Z")
Is that form of creating a new date object really not legal? If so, that seems mighty odd. -- gw > **···** > > -- > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Ball\_Donald\_A\_Jr\_Lib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f475e1/32.png) [@Ball\_Donald\_A\_Jr\_Lib](https://rubytalk.org/u/Ball_Donald_A_Jr_Lib)\ **Post date:** [14 November 2007 18:55 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/date-new-2007-09-01-not-legal/42196/2 "2007-11-14T18:55:14Z")
Try Date.parse('2007-09-01'). - doanld > **···** > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: list-bounce@example.com > > [mailto:list-bounce@example.com] On Behalf Of Greg Willits > > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 12:52 PM > > To: ruby-talk ML > > Subject: Date.new('2007-09-01') not legal? > > > > Is that form of creating a new date object really not legal? > > If so, that seems mighty odd. ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Hodel1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9adbd/32.png) [@Eric\_Hodel1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Eric_Hodel1)\ **Post date:** [14 November 2007 19:04 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/date-new-2007-09-01-not-legal/42196/3 "2007-11-14T19:04:56Z")
> Is that form of creating a new date object really not legal? If so, that > seems mighty odd. You want Date.parse. $ ri Date.new -------------------------------------------------------------- Date::new > **···** > > On Nov 14, 2007, at 10:52 , Greg Willits wrote: >       Date::new(ajd=0, of=0, sg=ITALY) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >       NOTE this is the documentation for the method new!(). If you are >       reading this as the documentation for new(), that is because rdoc >       doesn't fully support the aliasing of the initialize() method. >       new() is in fact an alias for #civil(): read the documentation for >       that method instead. > >       Create a new Date object. > >       ajd is the Astronomical Julian Day Number. of is the offset from >       UTC as a fraction of a day. Both default to 0. > >       sg specifies the Day of Calendar Reform to use for this Date >       object. > >       Using one of the factory methods such as Date::civil is generally >       easier and safer. > > -- > Poor workers blame their tools. Good workers build better tools. The > best workers get their tools to do the work for them. -- Syndicate Wars ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Willits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Greg\_Willits](https://rubytalk.org/u/Greg_Willits)\ **Post date:** [14 November 2007 19:01 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/date-new-2007-09-01-not-legal/42196/4 "2007-11-14T19:01:44Z")
> > Is that form of creating a new date object really not legal? > > If so, that seems mighty odd. > > Try Date.parse('2007-09-01'). Whew 🙂 Weird, but I don't see this documented anywhere in "Programming Ruby" Thanks! -- gw > **···** > > -- > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/\](http://www.ruby-forum.com/%5C).