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August 27, 2010 01:21
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| # Parse date scraped from HTML into a proper date object for the database | |
| def parse_date(text) | |
| text = text.text.to_s | |
| text = text.gsub(/,/, ' ') | |
| pieces = text.split(' ') | |
| pieces_to_remove = ["on", "at", "@"] | |
| pieces = pieces - pieces_to_remove | |
| month = pieces[1] | |
| case month | |
| when "Jan" | |
| month = 1 | |
| when "Feb" | |
| month = 2 | |
| when "Mar" | |
| month = 3 | |
| when "Apr" | |
| month = 4 | |
| when "May" | |
| month = 5 | |
| when "Jun" | |
| month = 6 | |
| when "Jul" | |
| month = 7 | |
| when "Aug" | |
| month = 8 | |
| when "Sep" | |
| month = 9 | |
| when "Oct" | |
| month = 10 | |
| when "Nov" | |
| month = 11 | |
| when "Dec" | |
| month = 12 | |
| else | |
| p "Date detection barfed for " + month | |
| end | |
| day = pieces[2].to_i | |
| year = pieces[3].to_i | |
| time = pieces[4].to_i | |
| meridian = pieces[5].to_i | |
| unlocked_date = Date.new(year, month, day) | |
| unlocked_date | |
| end |
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