Class DateTools
In: date_tools.rb
Parent: Object

Methods

parse_date  

Public Class methods

parse_date( date, is_euro = false )

Note: This is only for single dates - not ranges.

Possible incoming date formats:

  • YYYY-MM-DD - starts with 3 or 4 digit year, and month and day may be 1 or 2 digits
  • YYYY-MM - 3 or 4 digit year, then 1 or 2 digit month
  • YYYY - 3 or 4 digit year
  • MM-DD-YYYY - 1 or 2 digit month, then 1 or 2 digit day, then 1 to 4 digit year
  • DD-MM-YYYY - 1 or 2 digit day, then 1 or 2 digit month, then 1 to 4 digit year if is_euro is true
  • MM-YYYY - 1 or 2 digit month, then 1 to 4 digit year
  • DD-MMM - 1 or 2 digit day, then month name or abbreviation
  • DD-MMM-YYYY - 1 or 2 digit day, then month name or abbreviation, then 1 to 4 digit year
  • MMM-YYYY - month name or abbreviation, then 1 to 4 digit year
  • MMM-DD-YYYY - month name or abbreviation, then 1 or 2 digit day, then 1 to 4 digit year

Notes:

  • Commas are optional.
  • Delimiters can be most anything non-alphanumeric.
  • All dates may be suffixed with the era (AD, BC, CE, BCE). AD is assumed.
  • Dates may be prefixed by circa words (Circa, About, Abt).

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