ruby - Getting date value from an array hash -

i have hash looks like

tagarray = { :"2014date"=>["11/22/2014"], :"2015date"=>["03/21/2015"] } 

since know given key, there 1 element in array of 'values', how can value not array?

value = tagarray[:"2015date"] => value = ["04/12/2015"] 

you can index array , date like

value = value.fetch(0).to_s => value = "04/12/2015" 

however looking more elegant way of doing it.

note: using ruby 2.2, need 'strp' date first change mm/dd/yyyy format end goal.

this bit simpler:

 value = tagarray[:"2015date"].last  =>   value = "03/21/2015"