From: Glen Holcomb <damnbigman@...>
Date: 2007-09-11T01:50:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Time question

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On 9/10/07, joep <jplantz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sep 10, 10:03 am, Phlip <phlip2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > joep wrote:
> > > I am writing a small piece that will include a date that needs to be
> > > compared to the current time.
> >
> > > EX. a = Time.now
> > >       b = db_cert_date + (72 months)
> >
> > Rails's ActiveSupport package lets you say some_date + 72.months. It's
> that
> > simple; the secret unit of exchange is probably seconds.
> >
> > If this were Brand X, using another platform's low-level library would
> be
> > eternal torment, but this is Ruby, so just try require 'active_support'!
> >
> > --
> >  Phlip
>
> Only problem is I'm not using rails. Just straight ruby as a cgi.
>
>
>
You don't have to be using rails you just need the active_support gem
installed.

gem install activesupport

After that just require 'active_support' as Phlip said.

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