From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2003-05-17T09:05:18+09:00
Subject: Re: need help with timestamping

Hi,

At Sat, 17 May 2003 03:49:20 +0900,
Daniel Bretoi wrote:
> I want to write a timestamp to a file, then read it in, and get a time
> object again.

I often use Time#to_i and Time.at.

  a = Time.now
  file.puts a.to_i

  b = Time.at(file.gets.to_i)

When readability is prior to simpleness, Time#to_s and
Time.parse.

  a = Time.now
  file.puts a

  require 'time'
  b = Time.at(file.gets)

-- 
Nobu Nakada