# A Total Newb Question about Runt **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 29, 2008, 10:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-total-newb-question-about-runt/147201 "2008-08-29T10:04:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![infinteVerve](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/e19adc/32.png) [@infinteVerve](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/infinteVerve)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 10:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-total-newb-question-about-runt/147201/1 "2008-08-29T10:04:51Z")
I was looking into the runt gem, but it’s obvious I’m a total newb. I want to know if this is possible using runt, and if someone here is gracious enough to spell it our for a newbie. I’m trying to figure out how to use runt to calculate a set of dates ( i.e. every monday starting on Sept 1, 2008, and repeating for, say, 8 weeks. ) and then passing those dates into an array named ‘somedates’, for example. I realize this may be more of a Ruby than a RoR question. Any help is greatly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![infinteVerve](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/e19adc/32.png) [@infinteVerve](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/infinteVerve)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-total-newb-question-about-runt/147201/2 "2008-09-03T17:23:11Z")
require ‘date’ d = Date.parse(“Sept 1, 2008”) somedates = Array.new(8).map { |x| x = d += 7 } 10.times { puts “I \<3 ruby” } cheers D