What's the best way to do math with RoR?
I'm trying to compare two different records based on their timestamp, and I want to wind up with the difference between the two. (i.e. Number of days between the two timestamps)
I've tried using math, like subtraction, but it doesn't seem to work that way.
Thanks
A timestamp is probably a Time and subtraction gives the number of seconds between the two. If you convert to Date, subtraction gives days.
>> Time.now - 18.seconds.ago => 17.999993 >> Time.now - 3.days.ago => 259199.999989
>> Date.today => #<Date: 4908539/2,0,2299161> >> Date.today.to_s => "2007-06-18" >> 3.days.ago.to_date.to_s => "2007-06-15"
>> Time.now.to_date - 3.days.ago.to_date => Rational(3, 1) >> (Time.now.to_date - 3.days.ago.to_date).to_i => 3 >> (Date.today - 3.days.ago.to_date) => Rational(3, 1) >> (Date.today - 3.days.ago.to_date).to_i => 3
-Rob
Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsultingllc.com Rob@AgileConsultingLLC.com
