From: Brian Adkins <lojicdotcom@...>
Date: 2008-02-28T03:19:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting number of days in a month

On Feb 27, 12:07 pm, Morton Goldberg <m_goldb...@ameritech.net> wrote:
> 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

And we have a winner :)

I wish I had read your post before posting mine. I need to read the
stdlib doc more carefully.