Question

Basically this:

1.9.3p0 :024 > 2.day + Date.today

Gives an error:

TypeError: Date can't be coerced into Fixnum

Can anyone explain why this is hapenning and how to add 2 days/months to a current day

Answer 1

You need to turn it around.

Date.today + 2.days

Followup

2.days returns a Fixnum, which has a .+() method, which expects another numeric type, of which Date is not. Date has a .+() method that accepts Fixnum and other numeric types.