From: Glen Holcomb <damnbigman@...>
Date: 2007-07-04T00:03:10+09:00
Subject: Re: How do I add x months to a date

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You can't do it directly, date objects are immutable.

You could always get the date value from the object and then parse it, add
the number of months you want and then create a new date object.  That seems
like a bit of a waste though.  I would keep the date value in a string and
manipulate it there, if and when I needed an actual date object with that
value I would create a date object and give that out.

On 7/3/07, Ben Edwards <funkytwig@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have a date
>
> my_date = Date.new( 2007, 1, 1 )
>
> I then have a variable holding an integer
>
> months_to_add = 4
>
> How do i add 'months_to_add' to my_date'?
>
> I have spent ages googeling and looking in o'reilly ruby cookbook but no
> luck;(
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Ben
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