Timestamp difference

[Benjamin Fowl]

How would you find out whether the time difference of one timestamp is
greater than 5?

I've tried this

(old_time - Time.now) > 5

 

[Hassan Schroeder]

How would you find out whether the time difference of one timestamp is
greater than 5?

I've tried this

(old_time - Time.now) > 5
and??

=> true

 

[Tadeusz Bochan]

Try

(Time.now.to_i - old_time.to_i) > 5 # seconds

 

[Rob Biedenharn]

How would you find out whether the time difference of one timestamp is
greater than 5?

I've tried this

(old_time - Time.now) > 5

In addition to the other responses, I'll point out that you have (past
- now) which will always be <=0 the therefore NEVER > 5.

-Rob

Rob Biedenharn
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