Ruby comparing dates

Question

I would like to do is to know if a user has been created in the system in the last 10 second. so i would do:

  def new_user
    if(DateTime.now - User.created_at < 10)
      return true
    else 
      return false 
    end
  end

IT is just an idea , how can i do it correctly? thank you

Answer 1

User.created_at > 10.seconds.ago

Answer 2

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  def new?
    created_at > 10.seconds.ago
  end
end

# Example:
user = User.create!
user.new?
#=> true

sleep 11
user.new?
#=> false

(Presuming your User class is an ActiveRecord model.)