Question

How to convert date in format 09-feb-73 to 02/09/1973 (mm/dd/yyyy) using Ruby on Rails?

Answer 1

Valid Ruby datetime formats

Date.strptime("09-feb-73", "%d-%b-%y").strftime("%m/%d/%Y")

Note that strptime is a part of Rails. And these are the relevant formats used:

%b – The abbreviated month name (“Jan”)

%d – Day of the month (01..31)

%m – Month of the year (01..12)

%y – Year without a century (00..99)

%Y – Year with century