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before? and after? - Ruby Time class mixin

The mixin below allows comparison between two Time objects using the more intuitive and natural-sounding before? and after? methods.

Some examples (using Rails' ActiveSupport Time extensions or (preferred) the 'units' gem):

   1  2.minutes.ago.after? Time.now # => false



   1  Time.now.before? 2.hours.from_now # => true



   1  module BeforeAndAfter
   2  
   3    LEFT_SIDE_LATER  = 1
   4    RIGHT_SIDE_LATER = -1
   5    
   6    def before?(input_time)
   7      (self <=> input_time) == RIGHT_SIDE_LATER
   8    end
   9    
  10    def after?(input_time)
  11      (self <=> input_time) == LEFT_SIDE_LATER
  12    end
  13  end
  14  
  15  Time.send :include , BeforeAndAfter
to ruby rails time class mixin by JimCropcho on Jan 21, 2008
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