# Sort on European date

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sort-on-european-date/169786>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 8, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sort-on-european-date/169786 "2009-06-08T17:46:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![aidy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aidy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aidy)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sort-on-european-date/169786/1 "2009-06-08T17:46:14Z")

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Hi,

date = [‘15/10/1971’, ‘16/10/1972’, ‘12/12/1971’]  
real = date.map {|s| Date.parse s}  
puts real.sort

Could anyone please tell me how I can parse the date in this sort with  
a European format?

Thanks

Aidy

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**Author:** ![aidy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aidy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aidy)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sort-on-european-date/169786/2 "2009-06-08T18:08:51Z")

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On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 11:45 AM, aidy[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> date = [‘15/10/1971’, ‘16/10/1972’, ‘12/12/1971’]  
> real = date.map {|s| Date.parse s}  
> puts real.sort
> 
> Could anyone please tell me how I can parse the date in this sort with  
> a European format?

real = date.map {|s| Date.strptime(s, “%d/%m/%Y”)}

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