From: Michael Guterl <mguterl@...>
Date: 2008-10-11T22:26:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Calc Days from Date

On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 7:07 AM,  <relzne@bluewin.ch> wrote:
> Hello.
> I am Ruby Beginner. Now I am trying to write a code, that calcs days
> between two dates.
>
> I ask the user for a date. Then the User type a german Date (for
> example 12.06.2006). This is working well. Now, what does I have to do
> to calc the days between now and the date which has the user give in?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>

tday = Date.today
bday = Date.new(2009, 4, 30)

days = (bday - tday).to_i         => 201

HTH,
Michael Guterl