sunshine@lemmy.ml to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoI'm new to using Ruby and this tickled me pinklemmy.mlimagemessage-square95linkfedilinkarrow-up1297arrow-down17cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1290arrow-down1imageI'm new to using Ruby and this tickled me pinklemmy.mlsunshine@lemmy.ml to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square95linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 year agoAnd the best part is the Ruby way accounts for leap years.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 year agoWell, 365 * 10 certainly doesn’t ;-)
minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·1 year agoI prefer the one on the left because it’s evident it doesn’t account for leap days, while I’d be questioning whether the one on the right does.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI’ll give it a shot. Looks a bit kludgy and I’ve been typing this on my phone while sitting on the toilet. What am I doing with my life? from datetime import datetime now = datetime.now() year = now.strftime('%Y') month = now.strftime('%m') day = now.strftime('%d') tenyearsago = datetime(year-10, month, day) print(tenyearsago.strftime('%d.%m.%Y')
minus-squareDigital Mark@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoAnd what happens when you run that on Feb 29, 2024?
minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agodatetime raises a ValueError when trying to create an invalid date
minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoor just this from datetime import datetime today = datetime.today() ten_years_ago = today.replace(year=today.year - 10) print("Date 10 years ago:", ten_years_ago.date())
minus-squarepulsey@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agothere is a simple fix to account for leap years, just add 10/4 days. /s
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoDon’t forget non-leap-days every 200 years!
minus-squaresexybenfranklin@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoEvery 100 years but not every 400 years! Isn’t it fun?
And the best part is the Ruby way accounts for leap years.
Well,
365 * 10certainly doesn’t ;-)I prefer the one on the left because it’s evident it doesn’t account for leap days, while I’d be questioning whether the one on the right does.
I’ll give it a shot. Looks a bit kludgy and I’ve been typing this on my phone while sitting on the toilet. What am I doing with my life?
And what happens when you run that on Feb 29, 2024?
datetime raises a ValueError when trying to create an invalid date
or just this
there is a simple fix to account for leap years, just add 10/4 days. /s
Don’t forget non-leap-days every 200 years!
Every 100 years but not every 400 years! Isn’t it fun?