Comparing Dates

[Parv G.]

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.

 

[Elliot Temple]

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.com/book/

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>




-- Elliot Temple
http://www.curi.us/blog/

 

[khaines]

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

require 'date'

Date.today == Date.parse('08/29/2006')


Kirk Haines