Resolved! Sometimes I'm too stubborn for my own good. Updating rails to 2.3.2 made this problem go away. The helper now works as I expect it to for both DB dates and test fixture dates.
On Jul 5, 2:19 pm, Brian <[email protected]> wrote: > A little more information... > > Not all ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instances are alike. In the > definition of the minus operator (above) I consistantly see that > other.acts_like?(:time) so it always returns "utc-other". The > difference is, the type of utc! When the TimeWithZone is created from > the DB, utc is a Date (and a Date - Date = rational). When the > TimeWithZone is created from a test fixture, utc is a Time (and a Time > - Date = Time). > > Now, at least, I understand how its possible that my subtraction is > returning a different type in each case. Unfortunately for me this > means the real answer is buried somewhere inside ActiceRecord code and > I'm still not smart enough to proceed. :) > > Two questions: > 1) Why isn't anyone else hitting this? The combination of using test > fixtures + calling distance_of_time_in_words can't be THAT rare, can > it? > 2) Any suggestions for a workaround? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
