From: Robert Klemme Date: 2009-11-20T01:24:58+09:00 Subject: Re: getting a timestamp 2009/11/19 jp : > On 19 Nov, 03:31, Sven Schott wrote: >> [Note:  parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.] >> >> Don't know if this is what you're looking for but whenever I need a >> serial-style timestamp (like for a filename). I just do this: >> >> Time.now.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S") >> >> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Reid Thompson wrote: >> >> >> >> > jp wrote: >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> I would like to get a timestamp from a Date object. What is the best >> >> aproach for this? >> >> >> thank you >> >> >>  I think you want a DateTime or Time object, I believe a Date object only >> > represents a date, not a date and time unless perhaps 'date at midnight' >> > counts. > > Hi, > > It's enough to have the milliseconds since a given date in the past, > for example java has this: > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/Date.html#getTime() > > It's there anything comparable in Ruby? Hint: there is documentation... irb(main):001:0> Time.now.to_i => 1258647502 irb(main):002:0> Time.at(0) => 1970-01-01 01:00:00 +0100 irb(main):003:0> Time.at(0).to_i => 0 Cheers robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/