From: Robert Klemme Date: 2008-09-15T21:23:35+09:00 Subject: Re: Difference between 2 dates 2008/9/15 Srinivasa Rao : > Hi all, > > duration_val= Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")-start_time_Val > > Start_time_val formate is also same formate ("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"). > > > I could not able to subtract 2 datetimes . Please suggest me . > > I am getting error like this > undefined method `-' for "2008-09-15 17:46:54":String As the error indicates: you need to subtract Time values and not String values. Cheers robert -- use.inject do |as, often| as.you_can - without end