I have to make a simple difference between two dates: <pre class="prettyprint"><code>Date.parse("2009-06-20") - Date.today </code></pre> This gives me the difference of the dates in days. Anyone know a way to easily convert that to the following format: <pre class="prettyprint"><code>The event occurred X years, Y months and Z days ago </code></pre> Thank you.

Found the answer here: More precise distance_of_time_in_words with this gem: https://github.com/radar/dotiw

How to evaluate a date difference in years, months and days (ruby)?

I have to make a simple difference between two dates:

Date.parse("2009-06-20") - Date.today

This gives me the difference of the dates in days.

Anyone know a way to easily convert that to the following format:

The event occurred X years, Y months and Z days ago

Thank you.

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asked Jun 21 '10 22:06

Found the answer here:

More precise distance_of_time_in_words

with this gem:

https://github.com/radar/dotiw

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answered Oct 16 '22 00:10

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answered Oct 16 '22 00:10

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