Question

Rails newbie question:

Given a datetime from the db in the format 2012-02-12 23:59:30, how can I check if it’s within 365 days from now?

I’ve tried the following but didn’t work: <%= expedite - Date.today %>

Answer 1

You can add a number of days to Date.today and see if the date is on or before that:

if expedite <= (Date.today + 365.days)
  # it's within 365 days
end

You could also do Date.today + 1.year instead, but that will technically add 365.25 days, not 365.