On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 10:38 AM, David Kahn <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > 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. > > I wonder if it is the patch level that is the issue. I'm not using p330. This is my version: ruby 1.8.7 (2009-06-12 patchlevel 174) [universal-darwin10.0] To the group: Is anyone else running p330 and having this issue? 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.
