Hi -- On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, csjasnoch / wisc.edu wrote: > Is there a simple way to see if a year is a leap year (rather than > writting an algorithm I wanted to check if it is already implimented > first) > > It would be kewl if there was just a check on a Time var > > > Like, > > now = Time.new > flag = now.leapyear? Yes: irb(main):023:0> Date.today.leap? => false irb(main):024:0> (Date.today << 12).leap? => true David -- David A. Black dblack / wobblini.net