strptime — Invalid Date Error

Question

This should be super simple, but I am stumped:

require 'time'
# works fine, prints "2/20/2012 6:46:00 PM"
puts Time.new(2012,2,20,18,46,0).strftime('%-m/%-d/%Y %-l:%M:%S %p')
test_date = '2/20/2012 6:46:00 PM'
# Invalid date error -- why??
# What am I doing wrong in my usage of strptime?
last_login = DateTime.strptime(test_date, '%-m/%-d/%Y %-l:%M:%S %p')

Thanks!

Answer 1

It seems there is a little difference between strptime and strftime . I don't think you need - in strptime .

test_date = '2/20/2012 6:46:00 PM'
last_login = DateTime.strptime(test_date, '%m/%d/%Y %l:%M:%S %p')