[Rails] Re: Retrieve duration (in string format) from database and convert to Ruby syntax for calculation

btw you can do it using "eval" like eval("1.month")

On Friday, 20 September 2013 03:30:16 UTC-4, Fai Wong wrote:

If I store 1.month as a string in the database, how do I convert "1.month" into 1.month?

This way I can use the "1.month" value stored in database to perform the following calculation.

Time.now + 1.month 

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