Method: DateTime.parse

Defined in:

ext/date/date_core.c

.parse(string = '-4712-01-01T00:00:00+00:00'[, comp=true[, start=Date::ITALY]]) ⇒ Object

Parses the given representation of date and time, and creates a DateTime object. This method does not function as a validator.

If the optional second argument is true and the detected year is in the range “00” to “99”, makes it full.

DateTime.parse('2001-02-03T04:05:06+07:00')

#=> #<DateTime: 2001-02-03T04:05:06+07:00 …>

DateTime.parse('20010203T040506+0700')

#=> #<DateTime: 2001-02-03T04:05:06+07:00 …>

DateTime.parse('3rd Feb 2001 04:05:06 PM')

#=> #<DateTime: 2001-02-03T16:05:06+00:00 …>

# File 'ext/date/date_core.c', line 7945

static VALUE
datetime_s_parse(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
{
    VALUE str, comp, sg;

    rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "03", &str, &comp, &sg);

    switch (argc) {
      case 0:
	str = rb_str_new2("-4712-01-01T00:00:00+00:00");
      case 1:
	comp = Qtrue;
      case 2:
	sg = INT2FIX(DEFAULT_SG);
    }

    {
	VALUE argv2[2], hash;

	argv2[0] = str;
	argv2[1] = comp;
	hash = date_s__parse(2, argv2, klass);
	return dt_new_by_frags(klass, hash, sg);
    }
}