create a new file under /lib directory ... i.e /lib/format.rb
then overwrite from the file
class Date
module format
MONTHS = { } # overwrite here
end
end
overwriting a constant will result a warning!
Jermaine wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> in the 1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/date/format.rb file there is the following
> code:
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> class Date
>
> module Format # :nodoc:
>
> MONTHS = {
> 'january' => 1, 'february' => 2, 'march' => 3, 'april' =>
> 4,
> 'may' => 5, 'june' => 6, 'july' => 7, 'august' =>
> 8,
> 'september'=> 9, 'october' =>10, 'november' =>11, 'december'
> =>12
> }
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> How can I "overwrite" these values via my rails app? I'm trying to
> submit a foreign date to the database, so I want to overwrite
> (translate) this piece out of the format.rb file in my rails app, so
> that it understands which month I'm talking about.
>
> Any suggestions/tips how I can fix this in a smart/efficient way?
>
> Many Thanks in advance!
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