On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 4:37 AM, David Kahn <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 1:01 AM, Bryan Crossland <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:56 PM, David Kahn >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Michael Pavling <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> On 15 April 2011 19:41, David Kahn <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > This cant be so hard but feeling rather annoyed with myself for >>>> thinking I >>>> > can do the following: >>>> > >>>> > DateTime.now + 1.day >>>> > >>>> > Is there any easy way to do this? >>>> >>>> I prefer to use .since and .ago: >>>> >>>> DateTime.now.since(1.day) >>>> >>> >>> Hmmm, I like the idea but getting an error - I am in rails console (Ruby >>> 1.8.7)... but in Ruby 1.9.2 the method is present. Any idea how to aproach >>> this problem in 1.8.7? >>> >>> ruby-1.8.7-p330 :020 > DateTime.now.since(1.day) >>> NoMethodError: undefined method `since' for #<DateTime >>> 2011-04-15T13:52:34-05:00> >>> >>> ruby-1.9.2-p136 :001 > DateTime.now.since(1.day) >>> => Sat, 16 Apr 2011 13:55:22 -0500 >>> >>> >> Which version of ActiveSupport are you running? I have ruby 1.8.7 >> installed and ActiveSupport 2.3.11. I was able to run your first examples >> and get the correct output as well as run Micheal's examples and get the >> correct output. >> > > Hey Brian, thanks.... so I am on activesupport (= 3.0.6) (from my gemfile > lock, which I assume is reliable)... on one side I am glad that perhaps > something is wrong with my environment because I have resorted to doing > things like: Time.now + 1.day.seconds to get certain outcomes (gave up on > datetime). > > So you are on Rails 2, right? I wonder if either is a difference bet R2 and > R3 but I think Michael was using Ruby 1.9.2 and I assumed Rails 3. I guess I > should probably drop my gemset and reinstall and see what happens.... > > ruby-1.8.7-p330 :001 > DateTime.now > => #<DateTime 2011-04-16T04:32:20-05:00> > ruby-1.8.7-p330 :002 > DateTime.now + 1.day > => #<DateTime 2247-11-05T04:32:27-05:00> > > > >> >> >> DateTime.now >> => Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:00:29 -0500 >> >> DateTime.now + 1.day >> => Sun, 17 Apr 2011 01:00:32 -0500 >> >> >> DateTime.now.since(1.day) >> => Sun, 17 Apr 2011 01:00:34 -0500 >> > Am still perplexed by this output (ruby 1.8.7-p330 on 64bit/Snow Leopard): ruby-1.8.7-p330 :001 > DateTime.now => #<DateTime 2011-04-18T10:35:18-05:00> ruby-1.8.7-p330 :002 > DateTime.now + 1.day => #<DateTime 2247-11-07T10:35:21-05:00> I was thinking that maybe it was due to upgrading to Snow Leopard but I reinstalled ruby and my gemset and not success, could that be a plausible explanation and I am missing something? Anyone have any other idea? Really bothering me that I am getting one result and others on list getting different. > >> B. >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- 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.
