How to get a time object for two weeks ago?

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1

lo there all,

i am wrestling with this for a bit now. how do i get a time object for two
weeks ago ?
if
t = Time.now, how do i get t - 2 weeks ?

thanks

2

shawn bright wrote:

lo there all,

i am wrestling with this for a bit now. how do i get a time object for two
weeks ago ?
if
t = Time.now, how do i get t - 2 weeks ?

thanks

Time is stored in seconds so:

Time.now - 60*60*24*14 = 2 weeks ago

Dan

3

shawn bright wrote:

lo there all,

i am wrestling with this for a bit now. how do i get a time object for two
weeks ago ?
if
t = Time.now, how do i get t - 2 weeks ?

thanks

If you use rails or include active support:

require 'rubygems'
require 'active_support'
2.weeks.ago

Dan

4

Hi,

You could check out chronic[1] as well - maybe it is an overkill for this single case, but if you have more queries like this, take a look for sure. It handles even much more complicated things like

last friday at 20:00
afternoon yesterday

etc.

Cheers,
Peter

[1] http://chronic.rubyforge.org/

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thanks much, working all better now.
shawn

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On 1/6/07, Dan Fitzpatrick <dan@eparklabs.com> wrote:

shawn bright wrote:
> lo there all,
>
> i am wrestling with this for a bit now. how do i get a time object for
> two
> weeks ago ?
> if
> t = Time.now, how do i get t - 2 weeks ?
>
> thanks
>
If you use rails or include active support:

require 'rubygems'
require 'active_support'
2.weeks.ago

Dan

6

Dan Fitzpatrick wrote:

shawn bright wrote:
> lo there all,
>
> i am wrestling with this for a bit now. how do i get a time object for
> two
> weeks ago ?
> if
> t = Time.now, how do i get t - 2 weeks ?
>
> thanks
>
Time is stored in seconds so:

Time.now - 60*60*24*14 = 2 weeks ago

Dan

class DateTime
  def to_time
    Time.local( *strftime( "%Y,%m,%d,%H,%M,%S" ).split( "," ).
      map{|str| str.to_i } )
  end
end

puts (DateTime.now - 14).to_time

7

William James wrote:

Dan Fitzpatrick wrote:
> shawn bright wrote:
> > lo there all,
> >
> > i am wrestling with this for a bit now. how do i get a time object for
> > two
> > weeks ago ?
> > if
> > t = Time.now, how do i get t - 2 weeks ?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> Time is stored in seconds so:
>
> Time.now - 60*60*24*14 = 2 weeks ago
>
> Dan

class DateTime
  def to_time
    Time.local( *strftime( "%Y,%m,%d,%H,%M,%S" ).split( "," ).
      map{|str| str.to_i } )
  end
end

puts (DateTime.now - 14).to_time

class DateTime
  def to_time
    Time.local( *strftime( "%Y %m %d %H %M %S" ).split )
  end
end

puts (DateTime.now - 14).to_time