From: Morton Goldberg <m_goldberg@...>
Date: 2008-02-28T02:07:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting number of days in a month

On Feb 27, 2008, at 11:17 AM, Shandy Nantz wrote:

> This is probably an easy question but I am trying to get at the number
> of days that are in a month. I have this calendar that I have  
> built, the
> idea being that when a month turns from February to March, for  
> example,
> the calendar should redisplay itself properly formated showing the new
> month and the correct number of days. I have it so that it starts
> counting the days on the right day of the week, but I have to know  
> when
> to stop counting. Any ideas, Thanks,

<code>
require "Date"
d = Date.new(2008, 2, -1)
d.day # => 29
</code>

You can find the last day of a month by creating a Date object for  
day -1.

Regards, Morton