Class: String

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/dated_backup/extensions/string.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#to_time ⇒ Object

This must take a time in a format similar to the format generated the Time.to_string. The format should be like this: .2007-07-01-00m-00h-00s. Any number of charachters can come before or after the time format string. A TimeException will be raised if the string does not conform to the time format.



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# File 'lib/dated_backup/extensions/string.rb', line 9

def to_time
  if self =~ /(\d{4}\-\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{2}h\-\d{2}m-\d{2}s)/  
    begin
      time_array = $1.gsub(/h|m|s/, '').split '-'
      Time.gm(*time_array)
    rescue 
      raise StringToTimeConversionError, "The string cannot be a converted to a valid time (it is out of range)"
    end
  else
    raise StringToTimeConversionError, "The string cannot be converted to a time object"
  end
end