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04/12/2016

02:29 PM Ruby Bug #12273: Time.parse incorrectly parses Russian months

Victor Shepelev wrote:
> I assume `Time.parse` is not localized to all world languages.
> ...
Thanks. So what should I use to parse dates in Russian? leemour (Viacheslav Ptsarev)

02:22 PM Ruby Bug #12273: Time.parse incorrectly parses Russian months

When parsing dates in Russian where day number is 31, `Time.parse` returns `2016-05-01`. No matter what month or year is provided. With other dates, it returns date with given day number, but current month and year.
31 march 2016:
``... leemour (Viacheslav Ptsarev)

02:14 PM Ruby Bug #12273 (Rejected): Time.parse incorrectly parses Russian months

When parsing dates in Russian where day number is 31, `Time.parse` returns `2016-05-01`. No matter what month or year is provided.
31 march 2016:
```
irb(main):003:0> require "time"
=> true
irb(main):004:0> Time.parse "31 марта 20... leemour (Viacheslav Ptsarev)