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Hi When returning data from a database column set as a date field I get ''2006-06-06'' I am then have these two lines of code in my controller, taht gain the date I require. pNow = Time.now @pDate = Time.local(pNow.year, pNow.month, 1) At the monment one is set to a date data type while one is set to a Time data type. how can i change these to be the same data type so i can run a > if statment on both of them to compare whats greater than the other? thanks scott --...

Well, it is clear enough that the problem is in interpreting the documentation. However, when you claim you tested something, and found it inconsistent with tables, it would be advisable to back it up with examples! The description in the help files and in the sources is admittedly confusing. The original paper has this, rather more clear, description in the abstract: "We consider the