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tony summerfelt <snowzone5 / hotmail.com> writes:

> i had something like that originally but i was getting something about not
> being able to convert floats. i was trying for something object oriented...
> 
> sometimes you just have to step back from the oo thing and let common sense 
> trickle in...

How about the following?

    require "date"
    
    t1 = DateTime.parse("26 Jan 23:19:26 2004").next
    t2 = DateTime.now
    
    p t2 > t1

regards.


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kjana / dm4lab.to                                 January 30, 2004
No gains without pains.