is there any Time function to gat a duration from string ?

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I get a string back from ffmpeg : "00:00:03.10" ( "hh:mm:ss" ) which class should I use to get it converted into 3.10 sec ( float)

thanks for your feedback

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I tried : output = "00:00:03.10"

output.split(':').inject(0){|a, m| a = a * 60 + m.to_f} => 3.1

is there any better way ?

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You could convert the string to a time object and pick out the specific parts you want. This might come in handy if you want to store the time in the database at some point.

http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/Time.html