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class method

Date._strptime

Date._strptime(string[, format='%F']) → hash

static VALUE
date_s__strptime(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
{
    return date_s__strptime_internal(argc, argv, klass, "%F");
}

Parses the given representation of date and time with the given template, and returns a hash of parsed elements. _strptime does not support specification of flags and width unlike strftime.

Example

Date._strptime('2001-02-03', '%Y-%m-%d')
                          #=> {:year=>2001, :mon=>2, :mday=>3}