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Created April 5, 2011 10:38
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Simple regex to flip DD/MM/YY to MM/DD/YY and back
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flip_date.rb
str = '4/11/01'
# => "4/11/01"
str.sub!(/(\d+)\/(\d+)\/(\d+)/, '\\2/\\1/\\3')
# => "11/4/01"
str.sub!(/(\d+)\/(\d+)\/(\d+)/, '\\2/\\1/\\3')
# => "4/11/01"
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