From: Hassan Schroeder <hassan.schroeder@...>
Date: 2011-01-22T02:51:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Timestamp difference

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Benjamin Fowl <b.fowl87@gmail.com> wrote:
> How would you find out whether the time difference of one timestamp is
> greater than 5?
>
> I've tried this
>
> (old_time - Time.now) > 5

and??

>> start = Time.now
=> Fri Jan 21 09:49:23 -0800 2011
>> stop = Time.now
=> Fri Jan 21 09:49:52 -0800 2011
>> (stop - start)
=> 29.616956
>> (stop - start) > 5
=> true

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