Method: String#to_datetime

Defined in:

activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/conversions.rb

#to_datetime ⇒ Object

Converts a string to a DateTime value.

"1-1-2012".to_datetime            # => Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000
"01/01/2012 23:59:59".to_datetime # => Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:59:59 +0000
"2012-12-13 12:50".to_datetime    # => Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:50:00 +0000
"12/13/2012".to_datetime          # => ArgumentError: invalid date

# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/conversions.rb', line 57

def to_datetime
  ::DateTime.parse(self, false) unless blank?
end