From: tony summerfelt Date: 2004-01-30T03:44:54+09:00 Subject: time comparison i want to parse and trim a log file. the date format log file looks like: 26 Jan 23:19:26 2004 to get the time in a format i can use i did t1=Time.parse("26 Jan 23:19:26 2004") #string expanded for example t2=Time.now i'm want to compare the current date/time with the parsed one from the log. if the line is older than x number of days it will be ignored. unfortunately i'm still relatively new a ruby and the 'principle of least suprise' hit me about a dozen times...with suprises :/ i'm used to perl's magic. so i'm here for guideance... -- http://home.cogeco.ca/~tsummerfelt1