Early Literacy Asides

The other possibility is that a library worker could be completely, utterly, totally wrong.

Take a look at this code snippet:

# The actual magic itself: If the date in the column is earlier than the comparison date, keep the record as a weeding candidate.

	if Date.strptime("#{row[idx]}") < comparing_date
		candidates_array.push(row)
	end

What do you think this code snippet does?