From: Ben Edwards <funkytwig@...>
Date: 2007-07-04T00:22:24+09:00
Subject: Re: How do I add x months to a date

On 03/07/07, Glen Holcomb <damnbigman@gmail.com> wrote:
> And when I say string you could do better and use a hash or an array.
>
> On 7/3/07, Glen Holcomb <damnbigman@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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.

This all seems like a lot of messing around for what should be a
standard operation.  This type of thing must exist in one of the
standard libraries.

Ben

> > 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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