Rails - Mar 2006 - distance_of_time_in_words and Time classes

There is <%= distance_of_time_in_words(Time.now, @a_time) %> before 
xzy.<BR />
<!-- ^ this gives 2279 days -->

This does not work because when @a_time is stored, even though it is a 
Time field and the class is Time, it includes a date. The Date isn''t 
even that days date its the year 2000, hence the 2279 days ago.

So how do I set the date part of @a_time (a Time class) to today''s date
so that distance_of_time_in_words works as expected?


Cheers K.

AFM

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Any ideas anyone?  :)

Kris Leech wrote:
> There is <%= distance_of_time_in_words(Time.now, @a_time) %> before 
> xzy.<BR />
> <!-- ^ this gives 2279 days -->
> 
> This does not work because when @a_time is stored, even though it is a 
> Time field and the class is Time, it includes a date. The Date
isn''t
> even that days date its the year 2000, hence the 2279 days ago.
> 
> So how do I set the date part of @a_time (a Time class) to today''s
date
> so that distance_of_time_in_words works as expected?
> 
> 
> Cheers K.
> 
> AFM

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kris wrote:
> Any ideas anyone?  :)
Is Time immutable ?

You may have to remove multiple days worth of seconds to get the sub-day 
part.

difference_in_time_in_words( (Time.now - @a_time) mod (60 * 60 * 12) )

Alan

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