Date.rfc2822

Date.rfc2822(string = 'Mon, 1 Jan -4712 00:00:00 +0000', start = Date::ITALY, limit: 128) → date

static VALUE
date_s_rfc2822(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
{
    VALUE str, sg, opt;

    rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "02:", &str, &sg, &opt);

    switch (argc) {
      case 0:
        str = rb_str_new2("Mon, 1 Jan -4712 00:00:00 +0000");
      case 1:
        sg = INT2FIX(DEFAULT_SG);
    }

    {
        int argc2 = 1;
        VALUE argv2[2], hash;
        argv2[0] = str;
        if (!NIL_P(opt)) argv2[argc2++] = opt;
        hash = date_s__rfc2822(argc2, argv2, klass);
        return d_new_by_frags(klass, hash, sg);
    }
}

Returns a new Date object with values parsed from string, which should be a valid RFC 2822 date format:

Example

d = Date.new(2001, 2, 3)
s = d.rfc2822   # => "Sat, 3 Feb 2001 00:00:00 +0000"
Date.rfc2822(s) # => #<Date: 2001-02-03>

See:

Argument start.
Argument limit.

Related: Date._rfc2822 (returns a hash).

See also #rfc2822 ._rfc2822 ._rfc3339 .parse also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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