From: khaines@...
Date: 2006-08-30T08:04:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Comparing Dates

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, 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

require 'date'

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


Kirk Haines