Comments on: When Ruby goes wrong http://blog.carlmercier.com/2008/05/21/when-ruby-goes-wrong/ me = entrepreneur + hacker; Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carl Mercier http://blog.carlmercier.com/2008/05/21/when-ruby-goes-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-12270 Carl Mercier Wed, 21 May 2008 17:35:00 +0000 http://blog.carlmercier.com/?p=123#comment-12270 That's the first thing we thought it was, but it turned out to be the way we were doing the comparison. It was not a big problem, but the output seemed funny enough to post here :) That’s the first thing we thought it was, but it turned out to be the way we were doing the comparison.

It was not a big problem, but the output seemed funny enough to post here :)

]]> By: Tim Harper http://blog.carlmercier.com/2008/05/21/when-ruby-goes-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-12269 Tim Harper Wed, 21 May 2008 17:25:23 +0000 http://blog.carlmercier.com/?p=123#comment-12269 I've run into this before, and ended up rendering the dates to a string and then comparing them. Weird... I’ve run into this before, and ended up rendering the dates to a string and then comparing them.

Weird…

]]> By: François Beauosleil http://blog.carlmercier.com/2008/05/21/when-ruby-goes-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-12268 François Beauosleil Wed, 21 May 2008 16:02:25 +0000 http://blog.carlmercier.com/?p=123#comment-12268 Of course it is! The problem is that the displayed precision is different from the one used to do the comparison. In this case, you can compare using (Time.now - expected_time) < 1, or use a block to set Time.now to return canned values. Hope that helps! Of course it is! The problem is that the displayed precision is different from the one used to do the comparison. In this case, you can compare using (Time.now – expected_time) < 1, or use a block to set Time.now to return canned values. Hope that helps!

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