Sandro Paganotti wrote:
> Why don't use Date.strptime to match the date info ?
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> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Le Lann Jean-Christophe

Or leave the hard work to Date.parse:

require 'date'
DATA.each do |line|
d = Date.parse(line)
puts "#{d.day} #{d.month} #{d.year}"
end
#=>
# 12 1 2008
# 17 2 2008
# 17 7 2008
# 17 3 2008
# 29 2 2008
# 17 12 2008
# 17 5 2008

__END__
16: + 1181 W 1347 tihtu [ br 2 12] B06 Res Sun Jan 12, 05:05
PST 2008
17: - 1174 B 1242 SUPERFRIJOL [ br 2 12] C50 Mat Sun Feb 17, 09:03
PST 2008
18: + 1188 W 1480 kalvehale [ br 2 12] D52 Res Sun Jul 17, 09:13
PST 2008
19: + 1193 B 1048 borsodilaci [ br 2 12] D00 Mat Sun Mar 17, 09:27
PST 2008
20: + 1206 W 1439 pipharlow [ br 2 12] A45 Res Sun Feb 29, 09:32
PST 2008
21: - 1192 B 874 tealush [ br 2 12] C20 Res Sun Dec 17, 09:46
PST 2008
22: + 1194 W 861 PhatWebah [ br 2 12] A40 Mat Sun May 17, 09:54
PST 2008

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Regards,

Siep
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