From: Paul Lutus <nospam@...>
Date: 2006-12-01T05:50:05+09:00
Subject: Re: dates, scheduling tasks, mysql

Comfort Eagle wrote:

> What is the best Date format for working with dates in ruby & mysql?

As to MySQL, you really need to stick to a strict date format of yyyy-mm-dd.
This is MySQL's date format when shown in plain text.

> I have a recurring task that once complete I want to update the db to
> reflect the next time to do it.
> 
> "2006-11-30" as a string ends up being just "2006".

This didn't happen by magic, you created it with some code. If you show us
the code, we will show you the magic.

-- 
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com