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-rw-r--r--activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/conversions.rb6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/conversions.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/conversions.rb
index 9084bbee32..c42163a2f0 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/conversions.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/conversions.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ class String
end
end
+ # 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
def to_date
unless blank?
date_values = ::Date._parse(self, false).values_at(:year, :mon, :mday)