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Created March 25, 2013 00:19

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Date.strftime, Date.strptime don't commute

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	Date.today.strftime('%-m%-d%y') # 3242013
	Date.strptime('3242013','%-m%-d%y') # ArgumentError: invalid date

tamird commented Mar 25, 2013

bug report it. should be a capital Y, though:

2.0.0p0 :001 > require 'date'
 => true
2.0.0p0 :002 > f = '%-m%-d%Y'; t = Date.today.strftime(f); p t; Date.strptime(t, f)
"3242013"
ArgumentError: invalid date

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