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Validate a date

class Time   def Time.validate(year, month=1, day=1,                     hour=0, min=0, sec=0, usec=0)     require "date"     begin       d = Date.new(year,month,day)     rescue       return nil     end     Time.local(year,month,day,hour,min,sec,usec)   end end t1 = Time.validate(2000,11,30)  # Instantiates a valid object t2 = Time.validate(2000,11,31)  # Returns nil