From: Srikanth Jeeva Date: 2008-12-10T21:12:08+09:00 Subject: want only the working hours(9am-5pm) between two dates want only the working hours(9am-5pm) between two dates, weekends should be omitted.. i did this code.. require 'time' require 'date' class Date def calc(date1,date2) d1=Time.parse(date1).strftime('%d').to_i m1=Time.parse(date1).strftime('%m').to_i y1=Time.parse(date1).strftime('%Y').to_i t1=Time.parse(date1).strftime('%H').to_i min1=Time.parse(date1).strftime('%M').to_i date1 = Date.new( y1, m1, d1 ) d2=Time.parse(date2).strftime('%d').to_i m2=Time.parse(date2).strftime('%m').to_i y2=Time.parse(date2).strftime('%Y').to_i t2=Time.parse(date2).strftime('%H').to_i date2 = Date.new( y2, m2, d2 ) weekdays = (date1..date2).reject { |d| [0,6].include? d.wday } w= weekdays.length working_hours=w*8 puts "working hours = #{working_hours}" end end d=Date.new d.calc("November 5th, 2008, 10:30 am","November 7th, 2008, 6:00 pm") i have calculated the total working hours.. but i need the total hours between 9am-5pm, between the given dates.. can any one plz help?? thanks., Regards, Srikanth J -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.