Rails DateTime helper logic - mysql

Question

Quick question. I am using the distance_of_time_in_words helper to check how many days an object was created. This works fine but I dont want it to have to go 24 hrs before it counts a day but want it to count "1" day once it is "00:00"
eg distance_of_time_in_words("2016-08-11 11:00", "2016-08-12 00:00") should be 1 day but it is 13 hrs
I want that once it passes "00:00" it should count as a 1 day?

Answer 1

You may be able to use
time_ago_in_words(date_item_was_created.at_midnight)
time_ago_in_words allows you to forgo adding the 'now' time* and by moving the created-at date back to midnight, you'll cross the one-day mark
at the next midnight. According to the API doc, it should give you 'round' days for anything over a day, which sounds like what you're after.
*You can continue to use distance_of_time_in_words if you're not comparing to the current time.

Answer 2

This is what you meant I guess.
def distance_of_time_in_words(time1,time2)
d1 = Time.parse(time1.to_s).to_date.strftime("%d").to_i
d2 = Time.parse(time2.to_s).to_date.strftime("%d").to_i
seconds = Time.parse(time2.to_s)- Time.parse(time1.to_s)
hours = seconds/3600
if d2-d1 >= 1
return "#{(d2-d1).to_s} days"
else
return "#{hours.to_s} hours"
end
end