[Rails] Re: is there any Time function to gat a duration from string ?

I tried :
output = "00:00:03.10"

output.split(':').inject(0){|a, m| a = a * 60 + m.to_f}
=> 3.1

is there any better way ?

On Jul 10, 5:37 pm, Erwin <yves_duf...@mac.com> wrote:
> I get a string back from ffmpeg :  "00:00:03.10"    ( "hh:mm:ss" )
> which class should I use to get it converted into  3.10 sec ( float)
>
> thanks for your feedback

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