From: Marc Heiler <shevegen@...>
Date: 2008-08-06T20:30:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Get Previous month

Shadowfirebird wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> thistimelastmonth = Date.today << 1
> lastmonth = thistimelastmonth.month
> answer = Date::MONTHNAMES[month]
> 
> I wouldn't recommend that you use those variable names, but hopefully
> you get the idea.
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Pragash Mr.


Your example looks cool :)

I took the liberty to change it to a one liner.

Date::MONTHNAMES[(Date.today << 1).month] # => "July"
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