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Comparing Dates

Parv G.

8/29/2006 10:54:00 PM

Hi,
This might be simple question for some you so.

I'm trying to compare today's dates with another date, which is in the
format of mm/dd/yy. Can somebody help?

I tried the following, but it doesn't work:
require 'date'

if(Date.today <=> "09/29/06") or (Date.today <=> "092906")
.....
else
....
end

Thanks.

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2 Answers

Elliot Temple

8/29/2006 11:03:00 PM

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On Aug 29, 2006, at 3:53 PM, Parv G. wrote:

> Hi,
> This might be simple question for some you so.
>
> I'm trying to compare today's dates with another date, which is in the
> format of mm/dd/yy. Can somebody help?
>
> I tried the following, but it doesn't work:
> require 'date'
>
> if(Date.today <=> "09/29/06") or (Date.today <=> "092906")
> .....
> else
> ....
> end

Your code compares a date and a string. Try comparing two dates. If
you don't know how to make a new date, try google or

http://www.rubycentral...

BTW <=> is probably not what you want to compare with. It always
returns a number, and numbers are true, so your if statement doesn't
make much sense.

irb(main):010:0> 1 <=> 2
=> -1
irb(main):011:0> 1 <=> 0
=> 1
irb(main):012:0> 1 <=> 1
=> 0
irb(main):013:0>




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khaines

8/29/2006 11:04:00 PM

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