# How to convert a string's charset?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-convert-a-strings-charset/91324>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 6, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-convert-a-strings-charset/91324 "2007-04-06T20:15:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![xain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/82dd89/32.png) [@xain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/xain)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-convert-a-strings-charset/91324/1 "2007-04-06T20:15:05Z")

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I want to convert a string’s charset from GB2312 to UTF-8. How can i do  
this?