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Created May 29, 2013 17:05
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String#to_american_date extension
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string.rb
require 'date'
class String
def to_american_date
Date.strptime(self, '%m/%d/%Y')
end
end
"06/05/2013".to_american_date #=> #<Date: 2013-06-05 ((2456449j,0s,0n),+0s,2299161j)>
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