Converting strings to other objects

Methods
Public Instance methods
to_date()
    # File vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/conversions.rb, line 13
13:         def to_date
14:           ::Date.new(*ParseDate.parsedate(self)[0..2])
15:         end
to_time(form = :utc)

Form can be either :utc (default) or :local.

    # File vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/conversions.rb, line 9
 9:         def to_time(form = :utc)
10:           ::Time.send(form, *ParseDate.parsedate(self))
11:         end