Hi, At Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:56:04 +0900, Ak 756 wrote in [ruby-talk:287454]: > The result is what I expected but I think the modifytime is ugly. > Can I use 'eval' so that I don't need to judge "+" or "-"? > Or, any elegant solutions? "+5".to_i == 5 "-50".to_i == -50 (Time.parse("00:11:20")+"+5".to_i).strftime("%T") # => "00:11:25" -- Nobu Nakada