Maybe you shouldn't put business model in your view:
=> Person.rb
def self.find_upcoming_birthdays
find_all(:conditions => "birthdate is NOT NULL")
end
def <=>(other)
birthdate.strftime("%j").to_i <=>
other.birthdate.strftime("%j").to_i
end
def age
((Date.today - birthdate)/365.2422).to_i
end
=> _upcoming_birthdays.rhtml
<table>
<% @upcoming_birthdays.each do |upcoming_birthday| %>
<tr>
<td>
<strong><%= link_to "#{upcoming_birthday.name}", :controller
=> 'people', :action => 'show', :id => upcoming_birthday %></strong><br
/>
<%= upcoming_birthday.birthdate.strftime("%B %d") %><br />
<em>will be pluralize(upcoming_birthday.age + 1,'year') old</em><br
/>
</td>
</tr>
<% end %>
</table>
=> Controller
@upcoming_birthdays = Person.find_upcoming_birthdays
@upcoming_birthdays.delete_if {|person|
Time.today.strftime("%j").to_i > person.birthdate.strftime("%j").to_i
}
@upcoming_birthdays.delete_if {|person|
person.birthdate.strftime("%j").to_i > (Time.today.strftime("%j").to_i) + 31 }
@upcoming_birthdays.sort!
Just my $0.02.
