On 19 May 2011 09:04, Peter De Berdt <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 19 May 2011, at 10:24, Mauro wrote:
>
> I'm inmporting a csv file and I have strings like this: "15-OTT-98",
> 5-GEN-96".
> They are dates: OTT stands for Oct in italian and GEN stands for Jan.
> How can I render those strings in valid date format?
>
> # Note: my Italian is very rusty to non-existent, so change below where
> needed
> CUSTOM_MONTHS = [nil, "GEN", "FEB", "MAR", "APR", "MAG", "GIU", "LUG",
> "AGO", "SET", "OTT", "NOV", "DIC"]
> def parsedatestring(datestring)
> day, monthname, year = datestring.split("-")
> year = (year.to_i > Date.today.year - 2000 ? "19#{year}" : "20#{year}")
> Date.new(year.to_i, CUSTOM_MONTHS.index(monthname), day.to_i)
> end
> You might need to tweak the year conversion in case you have short dates
> that are in the future. Right now I'm assuming all dates are in the past.
Ok.
Can I create past that method inside a custom rake task and use it
inside the namespace?
Ex:
/lib/tasks/import.rake
def parsedatestring(datestring)
day, monthname, year = datestring.split("-")
year = (year.to_i > Date.today.year - 2000 ? "19#{year}" : "20#{year}")
Date.new(year.to_i, CUSTOM_MONTHS.index(monthname), day.to_i)
end
namespace :import do
desc 'imports'
task:raw do
parsedatestring(.....)
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