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DateTime#strptime() : strptime() is a DateTime class method which parses the given representation of date and time with the given template

Syntax: DateTime.strptime()

Parameter: DateTime values

Return: parses the given representation of date and time with the given template

Example #1 :




# Ruby code for DateTime.strptime() method
  
# loading library
require 'date'
  
# declaring DateTime value
date_a = DateTime.strptime('10-02-2015 05:05:06 PM', '%d-%m-%Y %I:%M:%S %p')
  
# declaring DateTime value
date_b = DateTime.strptime('2018 02 3 07 10 09 +7', '%Y %U %w %H %M %S %z')
  
  
#  strptime method
puts "DateTime strptime form : #{date_a}\n\n"
  
puts "DateTime strptime form : #{date_b}\n\n"


Output :

DateTime strptime form : 2015-02-10T17:05:06+00:00

DateTime strptime form : 2018-01-17T07:10:09+07:00

Example #2 :




# Ruby code for DateTime.strptime() method
  
# Ruby code for DateTime.strptime() method
  
# loading library
require 'date'
  
# declaring DateTime value
date_a = DateTime.strptime('2010 04 6 04 05 06 +7', '%Y %U %w %H %M %S %z')
  
# declaring DateTime value
date_b = DateTime.strptime('-1', '%s')
  
  
#  strptime method
puts "DateTime strptime form : #{date_a}\n\n"
  
puts "DateTime strptime form : #{date_b}\n\n"


Output :

DateTime strptime form : 2010-01-30T04:05:06+07:00

DateTime strptime form : 1969-12-31T23:59:59+00:00



Last Updated : 09 Jan, 2020
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