Module: Parliament::Grom::Decorator::Helpers::DateHelper

Included in:
ConstituencyGroup, FormalBodyMembership, Parliament::Grom::Decorator::HouseIncumbency, Incumbency, ParliamentPeriod, PartyMembership, Person, SeatIncumbency
Defined in:
lib/parliament/grom/decorator/helpers/date_helper.rb

Overview

Namespace for date helper methods

Since:

  • 0.1.0

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#date_range(date_format: '%-e %b %Y') ⇒ Object

Format start_date and end_date into a readable string

Examples:

Format a node with an end_date with the date format YYYY-MM-DD

"grom_node_instance.date_range('%Y-%m-%d)" #=> "2010-01-01 to 2015-01-01"

Since:

  • 0.1.0



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# File 'lib/parliament/grom/decorator/helpers/date_helper.rb', line 11

def date_range(date_format: '%-e %b %Y')
  return '[Date unavailable]' if start_date.nil?
  if end_date
    "#{I18n.l(start_date, format: date_format)} #{I18n.t('to')} #{I18n.l(end_date, format: date_format)}"
  else
    "#{I18n.l(start_date, format: date_format)} #{I18n.t('to_present')}"
  end
end