require 'date' require File.expand_path('../../../spec_helper', __FILE__) describe "Date#-" do it "subtracts a number of days from a Date" do d = Date.civil(2007, 5 ,2) - 13 d.should == Date.civil(2007, 4, 19) end it "subtracts a negative number of days from a Date" do d = Date.civil(2007, 4, 19).-(-13) d.should == Date.civil(2007, 5 ,2) end it "computes the difference between two dates" do (Date.civil(2007,2,27) - Date.civil(2007,2,27)).should == 0 (Date.civil(2007,2,27) - Date.civil(2007,2,26)).should == 1 (Date.civil(2006,2,27) - Date.civil(2007,2,27)).should == -365 (Date.civil(2008,2,27) - Date.civil(2007,2,27)).should == 365 end it "raises an error for non Numeric arguments" do lambda { Date.civil(2007,2,27) - :hello }.should raise_error(TypeError) lambda { Date.civil(2007,2,27) - "hello" }.should raise_error(TypeError) lambda { Date.civil(2007,2,27) - Object.new }.should raise_error(TypeError) end end