Does anyone know if a Ruby package has been written to handle functionality similar to php''s strtotime(). I''m looking for something that can parse almost any string (such as "1 day ago", "+1 week", "last tuesday") into a timestamp. I''ve played with ParseDate, but it doesn''t seem to do what I need. Any suggestions? Derek
Derek DeVries wrote:> Does anyone know if a Ruby package has been written to handle > functionality similar to php''s strtotime(). I''m looking for something > that can parse almost any string (such as "1 day ago", "+1 week", > "last tuesday") into a timestamp. > > I''ve played with ParseDate, but it doesn''t seem to do what I need. Any > suggestions? > > DerekI was looking into this a bit myself recently. There are some SQL functions in MySQL that might be helpful, but I haven''t found a true ruby implementation of this yet. _Kevin -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Search the mail archives for this... someone just posted an announcement in the last day or so about a package they wrote that does this. It was pretty impressive... understood all your examples I think.... b Kevin Olbrich wrote:> Derek DeVries wrote: > >>Does anyone know if a Ruby package has been written to handle >>functionality similar to php''s strtotime(). I''m looking for something >>that can parse almost any string (such as "1 day ago", "+1 week", >>"last tuesday") into a timestamp. >> >>I''ve played with ParseDate, but it doesn''t seem to do what I need. Any >>suggestions? >> >>Derek > > > I was looking into this a bit myself recently. There are some SQL > functions in MySQL that might be helpful, but I haven''t found a true > ruby implementation of this yet. > > _Kevin >
Ben Munat wrote:> Search the mail archives for this... someone just posted an announcement > in the last day > or so about a package they wrote that does this. It was pretty > impressive... understood > all your examples I think.... > > bI think that was a JS date select widget. While useful for interfaces, I don''t think you can easily use it for other purposes. _Kevin -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.