Module: DateParser

Defined in:
lib/motion_model/date_parser.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.detect(date_string) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/motion_model/date_parser.rb', line 38

def self.detect(date_string)
  error = Pointer.new(:object)
  detector = NSDataDetector.dataDetectorWithTypes(NSTextCheckingTypeDate, error:error)
  matches = detector.matchesInString(date_string, options:0, range:NSMakeRange(0, date_string.length))
end

.match(date_string) ⇒ Object

Parse a date into a raw match array for further processing



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# File 'lib/motion_model/date_parser.rb', line 33

def self.match(date_string)
  detect(date_string)
end

.parse_date(date_string) ⇒ Object

Parse a date string: E.g.:

DateParser.parse_date "There is a date in here tomorrow at 9:00 AM"

=> 2013-02-20 09:00:00 -0800



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# File 'lib/motion_model/date_parser.rb', line 7

def self.parse_date(date_string)
  detect(date_string).first.date
end

.parse_duration(date_string) ⇒ Object

Parse a date string: E.g.:

SugarCube::DateParser.parse_date "You have a meeting from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM"

=> 21600.0

Divide by 3600.0 to get number of hours duration.



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# File 'lib/motion_model/date_parser.rb', line 28

def self.parse_duration(date_string)
  detect(date_string).first.send(:duration)
end

.parse_time_zone(date_string) ⇒ Object

Parse time zone from date

ateParser.parse_date "There is a date in here tomorrow at 9:00 AM EDT"

Caveat: This is implemented per Apple documentation. I've never really seen it work.



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# File 'lib/motion_model/date_parser.rb', line 17

def self.parse_time_zone(date_string)
  detect(date_string).first.timeZone
end