From: Paul Lutus <nospam@...>
Date: 2006-10-27T09:15:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Time without Date

List Recv wrote:

> The problem with Time is that it tracks a date also.
> 
> Let me explain:
> 
> I have a scheduler, which, for example, can be set to do something at 3
> PM.  I'd like to store that time in an object, and then take a Time,
> chop off the date part, and see if the time matches.

Don't you mean chop off the time part:

#!/usr/bin/ruby -w

t = Time.new

h = (t.to_i % 86400)

s = h % 60
h /= 60
m = h % 60
h /= 60

puts "Time now: #{sprintf("%02d:%02d:%02d GMT",h,m,s)}"

If you extract the number of seconds from a Time object as shown above, you
have an integer, not a Time object, and its time is expressed in GMT.

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Paul Lutus
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