Date.parse does not work anymore

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i am sure i have used date.parse in my code. however it does not work
anymore. i also tried to change the string format but it did not help.
any assistance is appreciated.

irb(main):022:0> Date.parse("2006-01-02")
NoMethodError: undefined method `parse' for Date:Class
        from (irb):22
irb(main):023:0> Date.parse("03/28/2008")
NoMethodError: undefined method `parse' for Date:Class
        from (irb):23
irb(main):024:0> Date.parse("28/3/2008")
NoMethodError: undefined method `parse' for Date:Class
        from (irb):24
irb(main):025:0> Date.strptime('28/03/2008', '%d/%m/%Y')
NoMethodError: undefined method `strptime' for Date:Class
        from (irb):25
irb(main):026:0>

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require 'date'

Stefano

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On Thursday 14 August 2008, Junkone wrote:

i am sure i have used date.parse in my code. however it does not work
anymore. i also tried to change the string format but it did not help.
any assistance is appreciated.

irb(main):022:0> Date.parse("2006-01-02")
NoMethodError: undefined method `parse' for Date:Class
        from (irb):22
irb(main):023:0> Date.parse("03/28/2008")
NoMethodError: undefined method `parse' for Date:Class
        from (irb):23
irb(main):024:0> Date.parse("28/3/2008")
NoMethodError: undefined method `parse' for Date:Class
        from (irb):24
irb(main):025:0> Date.strptime('28/03/2008', '%d/%m/%Y')
NoMethodError: undefined method `strptime' for Date:Class
        from (irb):25
irb(main):026:0>

3

Don't ask me way, but you must load "date.rb" library instead of "time.rb"
library.
Both contain "Date" class but just "date.rb" contains that method.

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El Jueves, 14 de Agosto de 2008, Junkone escribió:

i am sure i have used date.parse in my code. however it does not work
anymore. i also tried to change the string format but it did not help.
any assistance is appreciated.

irb(main):022:0> Date.parse("2006-01-02")
NoMethodError: undefined method `parse' for Date:Class
        from (irb):22
irb(main):023:0> Date.parse("03/28/2008")
NoMethodError: undefined method `parse' for Date:Class
        from (irb):23
irb(main):024:0> Date.parse("28/3/2008")
NoMethodError: undefined method `parse' for Date:Class
        from (irb):24
irb(main):025:0> Date.strptime('28/03/2008', '%d/%m/%Y')
NoMethodError: undefined method `strptime' for Date:Class
        from (irb):25
irb(main):026:0>

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