how to get the time difference from 2 DateTime objects

[Schüle Daniel]

Hi,

how can I get the time difference in say seconds
between 2 DateTime objects? their difference returns
a rational number which semantic is unclear to me.
(I would expect to get some kind of TimeDelta object
with seconds as its method)

irb(main):107:0* i=DateTime.now;sleep 10;j=DateTime.now;
irb(main):108:0* j-i
=> Rational(10000217, 86400000000)

Thanks in advance

 

[Robert Klemme]

Hi,

how can I get the time difference in say seconds
between 2 DateTime objects? their difference returns
a rational number which semantic is unclear to me.
(I would expect to get some kind of TimeDelta object
with seconds as its method)

irb(main):107:0* i=DateTime.now;sleep 10;j=DateTime.now;
irb(main):108:0* j-i
=> Rational(10000217, 86400000000)

Thanks in advance

=> 10.0

robert