On 19 May 2011, at 10:24, Mauro wrote:
I'm inmporting a csv file and I have strings like this: "15-OTT-98",
5-GEN-96".
They are dates: OTT stands for Oct in italian and GEN stands for Jan.
How can I render those strings in valid date format?
# Note: my Italian is very rusty to non-existent, so change below
where needed
CUSTOM_MONTHS = [nil, "GEN", "FEB", "MAR", "APR", "MAG", "GIU", "LUG",
"AGO", "SET", "OTT", "NOV", "DIC"]
def parsedatestring(datestring)
day, monthname, year = datestring.split("-")
year = (year.to_i > Date.today.year - 2000 ? "19#{year}" :
"20#{year}")
Date.new(year.to_i, CUSTOM_MONTHS.index(monthname), day.to_i)
end
You might need to tweak the year conversion in case you have short
dates that are in the future. Right now I'm assuming all dates are in
the past.
Best regards
Peter De Berdt
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