From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2005-09-09T09:30:14+09:00
Subject: Re: File.mtime <=> DateTime.strptime()


On 08 Sep 2005, at 11:11, Hugh Sasse wrote:

> I'm trying to compare how new a file is with the header obtained
> from Net::HTTP.head().  I use
>
>   STRFTIME_FORMAT = "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT"
>   timestamp = DateTime.strptime(lastmod, STRFTIME_FORMAT)

require 'time'
timestamp = Time.parse lastmod

> But I can't compare this with the results of File.mtime, because one
> is a DateTime, and one is a Time.  Time::strptime or Time::strftime
> don't exist.  Time#strftime does, but I can't pass a string to be
> turned into a time into it.  Parsedate deosn't seem to handle this
> case, either in so far as it has no str[fp]time.

Time.parse Just Works.

> Is there a cunning way to do this I have missed?  Do I need another
> library and if so, what?

I tend to avoid Date and DateTime unless I need them.

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