From: wannes <wannes@...>
Date: 2005-02-18T02:14:58+09:00
Subject: Re: 2/24 = 0?; or, how do I add hours to a DateTime?

rpardee@comcast.net wrote:
> Hey All,
> But it seems that 2 divided by 24 (which is what I intend by '2/24') is
> evaluating to zero, so my code never runs.  What am I missing?

an integer divided by an integer gives you an integer

you could rplace it with 2.0/24

irb(main):001:0> 2/24
=> 0
irb(main):002:0> 2.0/24
=> 0.0833333333333333


> BTW--I was disappointed not to find an add_hours() method on DateTime.
> Did I just miss it, or is it really not there?

Don't know about that ;)

grtz,
wannes