How would I get a UNIX timestamp (number of seconds since 1970 GMT) from a Date object in a Rails app?
I know Time#to_i returns a timestamp, but doing Date#to_time and then getting the timestamp results in something that’s off by about a month (not sure why…).
Any help is appreciated, thanks!
Edit: OK, I think I figured it out- I was processing a date several times in a loop, and each time the date was moved a little because of a time zone mismatch, ultimately leading to my timestamp being a month off. Still, I’d be interested in knowing if there’s any way to do this without relying on Date#to_time.
