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Asked: 2026-05-27T18:23:59+00:00

I have a model with a column called start and typed as :datetime. I

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I have a model with a column called start and typed as :datetime.

I would like to be able to calculate how many days there are until the start date and time.

Currently, I have a simple view that does

<%= @myModel.start - Time.now %>

This gives me something like -650.878217378

  1. How can I get it to display days and hours until that date
  2. It seems wrong to be doing this in the view – should I make another instance variable for this calc in my view?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The distance_of_time_in_words / distance_of_time_in_words_to_now view helpers will produce human friendly strings, see the rails docs for examples.

    If you are going to be doing calculations like this and the rails provided view helpers don;t meet your needs, I’d write my own view helpers. I don’t think there’s anything ‘naughty’ about doing

    <%= distance_of_time_in_words_to_now(@myModel.start) %>
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