How to calculate how many years passed since a given date in Ruby?

Question

This question was here for other languages, so let here be one for Ruby.

How do I calculate number of complete years that have passed from a given date? As you prob

Answer 1

How about something like:

def years_diff(from_time,to_time)
  (((to_time - from_time).abs)/ (365 * 24 * 60 * 60)).to_i
end

years_diff(Time.now,Time.local(1950,03,22)) #=> 59
years_diff(Time.now,Time.local(2009,03,22)) #=> 0
years_diff(Time.now,Time.local(2008,03,22)) #=> 1