def date_add(sdate='', unit='',i=0)

  sdate[/(\d+)\/(\d+)\/(\d+)\s(\d+):(\d+):(\d+)/]
  iyear = $3.to_i; imonth = $2.to_i; iday = $1.to_i; ihour = $4.to_i; imin = $5.to_i; isec = $6.to_i
  
  case  unit
    when 'days'
      t1 = Time.local(iyear,imonth,iday,ihour,imin,isec)
      t1 += (60 * 60 * 24 * i)
    when 'weeks'
      t1 = Time.local(iyear,imonth,iday,ihour,imin,isec)
      t1 += (60 * 60 * 24 * 7 * i) 
    when 'months'
      imonth += i
      if imonth < 12 then
        t1 = Time.local(iyear,imonth+i,iday,ihour,imin,isec)
      else
        t1 = Time.local(iyear+=1,imonth -12,iday,ihour,imin,isec)
      end
    when 'quarter'
      imonth += 3
      if imonth <= 12 then
        t1 = Time.local(iyear,imonth,iday,ihour,imin,isec)
      else
        t1 = Time.local(iyear+=1,imonth - 12,iday,ihour,imin,isec)
      end    
    when 'years'
      t1 = Time.local(iyear+i,imonth,iday,ihour,imin,isec)
    else
      raise 'not a valid date unit'
  end
  t1
end

date_add("17/03/2008 17:48:00",'months',2)

tidy -asxhtml -numeric < index.html > index.xml

mencoder video.mp4 -ovc lavc -vf scale=123:100 -oac lavc -o video.avi
ffmpeg -i video.avi -ac 1 audio1.mp3 

y = 'testing'.scan(/./)
y.each do |c|
	puts c
end