What is the purpose of the strptime method in Ruby?

How do you create a new Date object representing the current date in Ruby?

A. Date.now

B. Date.current

C. Date.today

D. Date.new

What does the strftime method do in Ruby when applied to a Time object?

A. Returns the year of the Time object

B. Formats a Time object into a string according to the specified format

C. Returns the day of the week of the Time object

D. Returns the year of the Time object

Which method is used to subtract a number of days from a Date object in Ruby?

A. prev_days

B. days_ago

C. prev_day

D. subtract_days

What is the purpose of the strptime method in Ruby?

A. Converts a Date or Time object to a string

B. Returns the day of the month of the Date or Time object

C. Returns the month of the Date or Time object

D. Parses a string into a Date or Time object using a specified format