# RubyLex fails to read "#{Time.now.strftime("%m/%d")}"

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubylex-fails-to-read-time-now-strftime-m-d/82452>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [January 19, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubylex-fails-to-read-time-now-strftime-m-d/82452 "2007-01-19T16:30:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubylex-fails-to-read-time-now-strftime-m-d/82452/1 "2007-01-19T16:30:30Z")

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% ruby -rirb/ruby-lex -e ‘RubyLex.new.lex’  
“#{Time.now.strftime(”%m/%d")}"  
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/ruby-lex.rb:938:in `identify_quotation': unknown type of %string (RubyLex::SyntaxError) from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/ruby-lex.rb:694:in`lex\_int2’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/slex.rb:237:in `call' from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/slex.rb:237:in`match\_io’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/slex.rb:222:in `match_io' from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/slex.rb:76:in`match’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/ruby-lex.rb:287:in `token' from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/ruby-lex.rb:263:in`lex’  
from -e:1  
% ruby -v  
ruby 1.8.5 (2006-12-04 patchlevel 2) [x86\_64-linux]

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**Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubylex-fails-to-read-time-now-strftime-m-d/82452/2 "2007-09-25T22:44:18Z")

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On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 01:50:27 +0900  
Yukihiro M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

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**Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubylex-fails-to-read-time-now-strftime-m-d/82452/3 "2007-01-19T16:31:30Z")

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In message “Re: [ruby-dev:30131] RubyLex fails to read  
“#{Time.now.strftime(”%m/%d”)}“”  
on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 01:11:32 +0900, Masao M.  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) writes:

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