From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2012-10-06T06:41:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby range - verify if date lies between two specified dates

On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 4:01 PM, ideal one <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>     I came across some issue in verifying if a date lies between two
> specified dates.
>
> now = Date.today
> today = now.strftime('%d-%b-%Y')
> last_Seven_Days = (now - 7).strftime('%d-%b-%Y')
>
> As per above, i am calculating today's date and previous seven days and
> putting in format (ex: 05-Oct-2012)
>
> Next I am getting a date from my screen Webpage(getText) and it's stored
> as a string 'initial_date'
>
> ui_date = '2012-10-01'
> initial_date = Date.parse ui_date
> initial_date = initial_date.strftime('%d-%b-%Y')
> puts initial_date => result in 01-Oct-2012
>
> range = (today..last_Seven_Days)
> I wanted of find if '01-Oct-2012' falls between the range.
> range === last_date => sometimes comes as TRUE sometimes as FALSE
>
> I dunno whether I am properly comparing dates or Strings..!!
> any better way and stable way to do this.
>
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>

first_date = Date.new(2012, 10, 1)
last_date = Date.new(2012, 10, 31)
range = (first_date..last_date)
range.include?(Date.new(2012, 10, 5))
=> true
range.include?(Date.new(2012, 11, 1))
=> false

Todd