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parse:ETI"Date::parse;TT:publico:RDoc::Markup::Document:@parts[
o:RDoc::Markup::Paragraph;	[I"EParses the given representation of date and time, and creates a ;TI"date object.;To:RDoc::Markup::BlankLineo;
;	[	I"EThis method **does not** function as a validator.  If the input ;TI"Istring does not match valid formats strictly, you may get a cryptic ;TI"Eresult.  Should consider to use `Date.strptime` instead of this ;TI"method as possible.;T@o;
;	[I"IIf the optional second argument is true and the detected year is in ;TI"Ithe range "00" to "99", considers the year a 2-digit form and makes ;TI"
it full.;T@o:RDoc::Markup::Verbatim;	[I"CDate.parse('2001-02-03')          #=> #<Date: 2001-02-03 ...>
;TI"CDate.parse('20010203')            #=> #<Date: 2001-02-03 ...>
;TI"CDate.parse('3rd Feb 2001')        #=> #<Date: 2001-02-03 ...>
;T:@format0o;
;	[I"KRaise an ArgumentError when the string length is longer than _limit_. ;TI"DYou can stop this check by passing `limit: nil`, but note that ;TI"&it may take a long time to parse.;T:
@fileI"ext/date/date_core.c;T:0@omit_headings_from_table_of_contents_below0I"^Date.parse(string='-4712-01-01'[, comp=true[, start=Date::ITALY]], limit: 128)  ->  date
;T0[I")(p1 = v1, p2 = v2, p3 = v3, p4 = {});T@%FI"	Date;TcRDoc::NormalClass00