Funny method in Rails
So, I'm chugging along, enjoying myself, writing some RoR code, and run across one of the funnier method names I've ever seen. I had to make an effort to use it, so here it is… I'm using it in as many yml fixtures as I can.
created_at: <%= 1.fortnight.ago.to_s :db %>
Fortnight? A fortnight? Are there really enough webapps written that require time to be broken into chunks of fortnights to warrant a 'fortnight' method? I honestly don't care, I just think it's funny that 'fortnight' made it into the Rails datetime extension library.
It reminds me of a quote from Abe Simpson.
"The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it."
