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Get the newest and oldest date from a list - Ruby

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I have an array of Ruby Date objects. How can I find the newest datetime and the oldest datetime?

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user94154 Avatar asked Oct 28 '09 02:10

user94154

2 Answers

date_array.min # => Oldest
date_array.max # => Most recent
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Baldu Avatar answered Oct 10 '22 19:10

Baldu

 
oldest, newest =  date_array.minmax
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steenslag Avatar answered Oct 10 '22 19:10

steenslag
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