# How to convert months into days in ruby?

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/how-to-convert-months-into-days-in-ruby/46280>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [September 23, 2009, 6:52am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/how-to-convert-months-into-days-in-ruby/46280 "2009-09-23T06:52:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 6:52am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/how-to-convert-months-into-days-in-ruby/46280/1 "2009-09-23T06:52:48Z")

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Vikas Gholap wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> How to convert months to days in ruby?
> 
> I want for example
> 
> 6 months = total days of next 6 months from todays date.

date\_today=Date.today date\_next =Date.today.advance(:months=\>6)

(date\_next - date\_now).to\_i given result in days...