comparision of date in ruby

Question

how to compare particular date with today to know whether that paricular date is greater than today

Thanks Harish.

Answer 1

@date = "2010-07-20".to_date # 20th July
@today=Date.today # 21st July

if @date >= @today
  puts "@date is greater than or equal to today's date"
else
  puts "@date is less than today's date"  
end

O/P

@date is less than today's date

Answer 2

date object has future? and past? methods. It's the best way I can think of.