Class: Optimist::DateOption

Inherits:
Option
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/optimist.rb

Overview

Option for dates. Uses Chronic if it exists.

Direct Known Subclasses

DateArrayOption

Instance Attribute Summary

Attributes inherited from Option

#default, #long, #multi_given, #name, #short

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from Option

#array_default?, #callback, create, #desc, #description_with_default, #educate, #flag?, #initialize, #multi, #multi_arg?, #opts, #opts=, register_alias, #required?, #short?, #single_arg?

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from Optimist::Option

Instance Method Details

#parse(paramlist, _neg_given) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/optimist.rb', line 837

def parse(paramlist, _neg_given)
  paramlist.map do |pg|
    pg.map do |param|
      next param if param.is_a?(Date)
      begin
        begin
          require 'chronic'
          time = Chronic.parse(param)
        rescue LoadError
          # chronic is not available
        end
        time ? Date.new(time.year, time.month, time.day) : Date.parse(param)
      rescue ArgumentError
        raise CommandlineError, "option '#{self.name}' needs a date"
      end
    end
  end
end

#type_format ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/optimist.rb', line 836

def type_format ; "=<date>" ; end