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Q: 

Ge the most recent date from a list - Ruby

I have an array of Ruby Date objects. How can I find the most recent datetime and the oldest datetime?

thanks

A: 

You have a comparison operator:

http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Date.html#M000673

Sort it.

Azeem.Butt  2009-10-28 03:00:18
Sorting is lin * log, simply min/max is pure linear.
Thom Smith  2009-10-28 03:14:38
Sorting also has many definitions.
Azeem.Butt  2009-10-28 03:19:22
+4  A:  
date_array.min # => Oldest
date_array.max # => Most recent
Baldu  2009-10-28 03:06:32

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