instance method `to_date`

Ruby on Rails 4.0.13

Since v3.0.20

Available in: v3.0.20 v3.1.12 v3.2.22.5 v4.0.13 v4.1.16 v4.2.9 v5.2.8.1 v6.0.6 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3 v8.0.4 v8.1.2

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to_date()

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

Source

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/conversions.rb, line 42
  def to_date
    ::Date.parse(self, false) unless blank?
  end

Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/conversions.rb line 42 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in String

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