From: Mike Stok <mike@...>
Date: 2009-11-19T12:20:39+09:00
Subject: Re: getting a timestamp


On Nov 18, 2009, at 10:10 PM, jp wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I would like to get a timestamp from a Date object. What is the best
> aproach for this?
> 
> thank you

I'm not sure if this is the most effective, but

d = Date.new(2009, 11, 18)
ts = d.strftime('%s').to_i

seems to work for me, giving the timestamp for 2009-11-10 00:00:00 GMT

Hope this helps,

Mike

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