Class: Date

Inherits:
Object show all
Defined in:
lib/more/facets/date.rb

Overview

Date

Ruby’s standard Date class with a few extensions.

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#days_in_month ⇒ Object

Returns the number of days in the date’s month.

Date.new(2004,2).days_in_month #=> 28

– Credit goes to Ken Kunz. ++



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# File 'lib/more/facets/date.rb', line 70

def days_in_month
   Date.civil(year, month, -1).day
end

#days_of_month ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/more/facets/date.rb', line 74

def days_of_month
  (1..days_in_month).to_a
end

#stamp(format = nil) ⇒ Object Also known as: to_s

An enhanched #to_s method that cane take an optional format flag of :short or :long.



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# File 'lib/more/facets/date.rb', line 49

def stamp(format = nil)
  case format
  when :short
    strftime("%e %b").strip
  when :long
    strftime("%B %e, %Y").strip
  else
    strftime("%Y-%m-%d")  # standard to_s
  end
end

#to_date ⇒ Object

To be able to keep Dates and Times interchangeable on conversions.



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# File 'lib/more/facets/date.rb', line 37

def to_date
  self
end

#to_time(form = :local) ⇒ Object

Convert Date to Time.



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# File 'lib/more/facets/date.rb', line 43

def to_time(form = :local)
  ::Time.send(form, year, month, day)
end