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

I don't think this is good idea. 1.month.to_i will return in seconds as 2592000. you can store this and while fetching you can use it as it is

Time.now + 2592000

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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