From: Rob Biedenharn <Rob@...>
Date: 2011-01-22T03:18:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Timestamp difference

On Jan 21, 2011, at 12:46 PM, Benjamin Fowl 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
>

In addition to the other responses, I'll point out that you have (past  
- now) which will always be <=0 the therefore NEVER > 5.

-Rob

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