title: Converting string to date with Ruby
body: <p>I have date as string in such format: <code>23 Nov. 2014</code>. Sure, it's easy to convert this string into date with such expression:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Date.strptime(my_string, '%d %b. %Y')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But there is one issue when month is May - there is no dot, like <code>23 May 2014</code>. And my expression breaks.</p>
  
  <p>Could somebody help with this issue? How can I make universal expression for my cases?</p>