From: Kirk Haines <wyhaines@...>
Date: 2011-03-10T01:43:14+09:00
Subject: Re: convert time to ruby time to calculate the time difference.

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:37 AM, ABHILASH M.A <abhidsm@gmail.com> wrote:
> Brian Candler wrote in post #942410:
>> Alternative:
>>
>>>> require 'time'
>> => true
>>>> t1 = Time.parse("12:35:10.000757")
>> => Mon Sep 20 12:35:10 +0100 2010
>>>> t2 = Time.parse("12:35:10.000759")
>> => Mon Sep 20 12:35:10 +0100 2010
>>>> t2 - t1
>> => 2.0e-06
>
> If you got the ruby time, you can use the gem 'time_diff' to get the
> time difference in a useful format like year, month, week, day, hour,
> minute, second

I haven't looked at the gem, but....it's all just simple math, except
for the month part, which takes a bit more work.  Does the gem
_actually_ calculate the difference in months between two dates, or
does it just approximate it?

Kirk Haines
Software Engineer
EngineYard