example Method to find a date in a text

find_dates.rb

def find_dates text			
	twd = Array.new #twd = text with date
	twd.concat text.scan(/[^\d](\d{1,2}[^\w\d ]\d{1,2}[^\w\d ]\d{4})/i) #26.03.1988
	twd.concat text.scan(/[^\d](\d{1,2}[^\w\d ]\d{1,2}[^\w\d ]\d{2})/i)  #26.03.88
	twd.concat text.scan(/[^\d](\d{4}[^\w\d ]\d{1,2}[^\w\d ]\d{1,2})/i)  #1988.03.26
	twd.concat text.scan(/[^\d](\d{2}[^\w\d ]\d{1,2}[^\w\d ]\d{1,2})/i)  #88.03.26
	twd.concat text.scan(/(\d{1,2}.?(January|Januar|February|Februar|March|März|April|May|Mai|June|Juni|July|Juli|August|September|October|Oktober|November|December|Dezember)[^\w\d]\d{4})/i)
	twd.concat text.scan(/(\d{1,2}.?(Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)[^\w\d]\d{4})/i)
end