btw you can do it using "eval" like eval("1.month") On Friday, 20 September 2013 03:30:16 UTC-4, Fai Wong wrote: > > If I store 1.month as a string in the database, how do I convert "1.month" > into 1.month? > > This way I can use the "1.month" value stored in database to perform the > following calculation. > > Time.now + 1.month >
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