Im trying to figure out why I keep getting a invalid date
error for certain dates.
For example:
This works:
e = "07/02/2013"
=> "07/02/2013"
start_date = DateTime.parse(e).beginning_of_day.strftime("%Y-%d-%m %H:%M:%S")
=> "2013-07-01 00:00:00"
end_date = DateTime.parse(e).end_of_day.strftime("%Y-%d-%m %H:%M:%S")
=> "2013-07-02 23:59:59"
This returns ArgumentError: invalid date
e = "07/18/2013"
=> "07/18/2013"
start_date = DateTime.parse(e).beginning_of_day.strftime("%Y-%d-%m %H:%M:%S")
ArgumentError: invalid date
from (irb):53:in `parse'
end_date = DateTime.parse(e).end_of_day.strftime("%Y-%d-%m %H:%M:%S")
ArgumentError: invalid date
from (irb):55:in `parse'
I am using the same date format in both cases. What may be the cause of this/What do I need to change to fix it?
The format of the date is dd/mm/yyyy. You are trying to create date which is 7th day of the 18th month of 2013.
You can use strptime if you want to customize your date format.
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