From: Elliot Temple <curi@...>
Date: 2006-08-30T08:03:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Comparing Dates


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.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
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