Heinrich Piard wrote:
> DateDiff = CertValidDate - actualDate
>
> but I get this error message:  undefined method `-' for
> "2008-09-10":String (NoMethodError)

You need a Date object, not a String. Like this:
Date.parse("2008-09-10") - Date.today


HTH,
Sebastian
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