James Byrne wrote: > In the console I see this behaviour: > > >>> "19270412000000".to_date.methods > => ["ns?", "mon", "ago", "end_of_month", "months_since", > "default_inspect", "minus_without_duration", ... >>> "19270412000000".to_date.class > => Date >>> "19270412000000".class > => String >>> String.to_date.methods > NoMethodError: undefined method `to_date' for String:Class > from (irb):23 > > Can someone explain how a method may be present in an object instance > but not in the object class? Does Rails insert singleton methods into > these instances? String has no class method "to_date" yet it does have a "to_date" instance method. However, Ruby itself has neither a class nor instance method named "to_date" for it's String class.
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