How to get the number of days in a given month in Ruby, accounting for year?

Question

I\'m sure there\'s a good simple elegant one-liner in Ruby to give you the number of days in a given month, accounting for year, such as \"February 1997\". What is it?

Answer 1

Use Time.days_in_month(month) where month = 1 for January, 2 for Feb, etc.