calculate the number of months difference between two dates

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Please share if there any such easy methods in rails. I have dates like

date1 = Date.today date2 = Date.today - 3.months (Example can be anything)

     Now how to get month difference as 3 (date1 - date2)

Thanks for any help Tom

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Googling for "ruby months between two dates" gleans this as the first result: http://www.francisfish.com/getting_the_number_of_months_between_two_dates_in_rubyrails.htm

...and loads of other likely candidates.