class String

  def to_date
    require 'date'
    require 'parsedate'
    ::Date::civil(*ParseDate.parsedate(self)[0..2])
  end

end


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=begin test

  require 'test/unit'

  class TCString < Test::Unit::TestCase

    def test_to_date
      s = "2005-10-31"
      d = s.to_date
      assert_equal( 31, d.day )
      assert_equal( 10, d.month )
      assert_equal( 2005, d.year )
    end

  end

=end