class method
Date.iso8601
(::String str, ?::Integer start) -> ::Date
Date.iso8601(string = '-4712-01-01', start = Date::ITALY, limit: 128) → date
ext/date/date_core.c
View on GitHub ↗
static VALUE
date_s_iso8601(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
{
VALUE str, sg, opt;
argc = rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "02:", &str, &sg, &opt);
switch (argc) {
case 0:
str = rb_str_new2(JULIAN_EPOCH_DATE);
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__iso8601(argc2, argv2, klass);
return d_new_by_frags(klass, hash, sg);
}
}
Returns a new Date object with values parsed from string, which should contain an ISO 8601 formatted date:
Example
d = Date.new(2001, 2, 3) s = d.iso8601 # => "2001-02-03" Date.iso8601(s) # => #<Date: 2001-02-03>
See:
Related: Date._iso8601 (returns a hash).