--- !ruby/object:RDoc::RI::MethodDescription 
aliases: []

block_params: 
comment: 
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::P 
  :body: Create a new Date object by parsing from a String according to a specified format.
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::P 
  :body: <tt>str</tt> is a String holding a date representation. <tt>fmt</tt> is the format that the date is in. See date/format.rb for details on supported formats.
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::P 
  :body: The default <tt>str</tt> is '-4712-01-01', and the default <tt>fmt</tt> is '%F', which means Year-Month-Day_of_Month. This gives Julian Day Number day 0.
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::P 
  :body: <tt>sg</tt> specifies the Day of Calendar Reform.
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::P 
  :body: An ArgumentError will be raised if <tt>str</tt> cannot be parsed.
full_name: Date::strptime
is_singleton: true
name: strptime
params: (str='-4712-01-01', fmt='%F', sg=ITALY)
visibility: public
