From: Lloyd Linklater <lloyd@2live4.com>
Date: 2007-12-07T21:34:05+09:00
Subject: Re: How do I add x months to a date

Ben Edwards 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

I have not tried this but I know of something in rails that sounds 
similar:
http://railshelp.com/ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Date::Calculations#months_ago

What if you could do something like this:

my_date = Date.new( 2007, 1, 1 )
months_to_add = 4
my_date = my_date.months_ago(months_to_add * -1)

Negative of months_ago could do it.

Shot in the dark but GL!
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