On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Carsten Gehling <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I will allow myself to bump this question just once, since I think it is
> important - it really seems like a bug, but I would like to know, if
> anyone else has experienced this before submitting to the bug list.
>
> - Carsten
>
> Carsten Gehling wrote:
> > I've discovered a strange behavior regarding ActiveRecord and
> > TimeWithZone
> >
> > -----------------------------------------
> >>> d1 = User.find(:first).created_at
> > => Thu, 21 Jun 2001 19:11:57 CEST +02:00
> >>> d2 = Time.zone.now
> > => Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:02:00 CET +01:00
> >>> d1.class
> > => ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone
> >>> d2.class
> > => ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone
> >>> d2 - d1
> > => Thu Aug 04 17:50:03 UTC 1977
> >>> d1 - d2
> > TypeError: expected numeric or date
> >   from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/date.rb:1252:in `minus_without_duration'
> >   from
> >
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb:88:in
> > `-'
> >   from
> >
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/active_support/time_with_zone.rb:201:in
> > `-'
> >   from (irb):11
> > -----------------------------------------
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
> >
>
Carsten

I don't get that error using Edge Rails
>> d1 = u.created_at
=> Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:06:44 UTC +00:00
>> d2 = Time.zone.now
=> Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:14:33 UTC +00:00
>> d1.class
=> ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone
>> d2.class
=> ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone
>> d2 - d1
=> 1994869.32909489
>> d1 - d2
=> -1994869.32909489
>>


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