Ruby on Rails

Colin Law wrote in post #1168627:
> I have responded to this in the earlier thread where you asked it the
> first time.
>
> Colin

i am working on the existing code,i am new to ruby on rails ,i am not
understanding this code and how is it working.why is 0..-6 given in
month and 3...8 in year.

<% date_value = (Date::MONTHNAMES[monthname[0..-6].to_i]) + " "
+ (monthname[3..8]) %>
<% archive_string = "<li><a class='filter' href='/blog?month=" +
monthname[0..-6] + "&year=" + monthname[3..8] + "'>" + date_value +
"</a></li>" + archive_string %>
<% end %>
<%= raw archive_string %>

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