# Strptime and localization

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strptime-and-localization/153961>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 24, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strptime-and-localization/153961 "2008-11-24T01:20:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![arvias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@arvias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/arvias)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strptime-and-localization/153961/1 "2008-11-24T01:20:51Z")

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Hi,

My project uses Date::MONTHNAMES and Date::ABBR\_MONTHNAMES for  
localization.

I’ve run into an issue where I need to use strptime to parse a  
localized string.

Has anyone run into this? How did you fix it?

–  
M.