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Asked: 2026-06-17T10:37:39+00:00

I have the following string as a date Thu 17 Jan I want to

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I have the following string as a date

Thu 17 Jan

I want to convert this to a Ruby date time object (to save in the database). I have tried Chronic, but without luck.

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  1. Editorial Team

    No need for chronic. Simple Date will do.

    require 'date'

s = 'Thu 17 Jan'

Date.parse(s) # => #<Date: 2013-01-17 ((2456310j,0s,0n),+0s,2299161j)>
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