Calc Days from Date

#1

Hello.
I am Ruby Beginner. Now I am trying to write a code, that calcs days
between two dates.

I ask the user for a date. Then the User type a german Date (for
example 12.06.2006). This is working well. Now, what does I have to do
to calc the days between now and the date which has the user give in?

Thanks for your help.

Fridrich

#2

On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 7:07 AM, removed_email_address@domain.invalid wrote:

Hello.
I am Ruby Beginner. Now I am trying to write a code, that calcs days
between two dates.

I ask the user for a date. Then the User type a german Date (for
example 12.06.2006). This is working well. Now, what does I have to do
to calc the days between now and the date which has the user give in?

Thanks for your help.

tday = Date.today
bday = Date.new(2009, 4, 30)

days = (bday - tday).to_i => 201

HTH,
Michael G.

#3

On 11 Okt., 15:26, Michael G. removed_email_address@domain.invalid wrote:

tday = Date.today
bday = Date.new(2009, 4, 30)

days = (bday - tday).to_i => 201

HTH,
Michael G.

Hi Michael

Thank you for your help. I have now done it with the fallowing code:

datum = Date.Parse(datums)
seconds = Time.Now-datum

This is also working. The variable datums holds a date which is the
user give in over the console. Could there be a problem with my code?

Fridrich

#4

On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 10:22 AM, removed_email_address@domain.invalid wrote:

Thanks for your help.

Thank you for your help. I have now done it with the fallowing code:

datum = Date.Parse(datums)
seconds = Time.Now-datum

This is also working. The variable datums holds a date which is the
user give in over the console. Could there be a problem with my code?

Well, there’s no Now method.

#5

On Oct 11, 5:24 pm, removed_email_address@domain.invalid wrote:

example 12.06.2006). This is working well. Now, what does I have to do
Michael G.

Fridrich

There are so many ways people writes a date so it is to be expected to
have problem if you aloud free form input.
If datums have a time component the things become even more
interesting.
Parsing the user input is always a tricky business.