date_normalizer.rb

README.md

DateNormalizer

DateNormalizer is a very simple class coded in almost 5 minutes to solve the problem to convert a string like '12-ott-2321' in a ruby Time object.

Please note that no sanity checks are perfomed over the string and the month names allowed are in Italian only and in the short 3 letters format.

License

Consider this code as new BSD licensed.

Link

I blogged about this gist in my blog (http://thesp0nge.com/2011/05/19/convertitore_da_data_in_stringa_in_oggetto_time.html). Sorry, Italian only.

Thanks

Thanks to @weppos - (http://www.simonecarletti.com) for the code improvement and review.

date_normalizer.rb

class DateNormalizer

  # Thanks to @weppos for the suggestions and the review
  MONTHS = {
     'GEN' => 1,
     'FEB' => 2,
     'MAR' => 3,
     'APR' => 4,
     'MAG' => 5,
     'GIU' => 6,
     'LUG' => 7,
     'AGO' => 8,
     'SET' => 9,
     'OTT' => 10,
     'NOV' => 11,
     'DIC' => 12,
   }
  def initialize(string)
    
    s = string.split('-')
    @time = Time.mktime(s[2], month_convert(s[1]), s[0])
  end

  def get_time
    @time.to_s
  end

  private
  def month_convert(m)
    MONTHS[m.upcase] || m
  end
  
end