Rails - Aug 2006 - Adding something to a Date object

Hello,

(Time.now + 1.year).to_s(:db) works fine => "2007-08-24 20:56:38"
(Date.today + 1.year).to_s(:db) produce wrong result =>
"88408-06-02"


I wonder why calculations are not possible directly on the Date object

Thanks




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nuno wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> (Time.now + 1.year).to_s(:db) works fine => "2007-08-24
20:56:38"
> (Date.today + 1.year).to_s(:db) produce wrong result =>
"88408-06-02"
In Ruby, Date and Time are different types.  The + operator for Time 
will add seconds.  The + operator for Date adds days.

The 1.year is basically just a multiplier of seconds.  So, if for some 
reason you want to use Date instead of Time, you should convert it to 
Time before adding:
>> (Date.today.to_time + 1.year).to_s(:db)
=> "2007-08-24 06:00:00"


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