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Does anyone know why?
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| require 'date' | |
| # 1) this doesn't work, why? | |
| format = "%-m/%-d/%Y %-l:%M:%S %p" | |
| d = DateTime.new(2014,6,5,1,5,9) | |
| d == DateTime.strptime(d.strftime(format), format) # raised ArgumentError: invalid date | |
| # 2) this works, why? | |
| format = "%-m/%-d/%Y %-l:%M:%S %p" | |
| format2 = "%m/%d/%Y %l:%M:%S %p" | |
| d = DateTime.new(2014,6,5,1,5,9) | |
| d == DateTime.strptime(d.strftime(format), format2) |
@arnvald, I found this:
https://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/4416958
http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.1.2/libdoc/date/rdoc/DateTime.html#method-c-strptime
"strptime does not support specification of flags and width unlike strftime."
(:mindblown:)
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@arnvald, hmm, I tried running 1) and 2) on Ruby 2.1:
DateTime.strptime(d.strftime(format), format2)actually works.DateTime.strptime(d.strftime(format), format)does not work.Do you get the same results?