Method: Pdfmdedit#validateDate

Defined in:
lib/pdfmd/pdfmdedit.rb

#validateDate(date) ⇒ Object

Function to validate and interprete date information



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# File 'lib/pdfmd/pdfmdedit.rb', line 169

def validateDate(date)

  year    = '[1-2][90][0-9][0-9]'
  month   = '0[1-9]|10|11|12'
  day     = '[1-9]|0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-1]'
  hour    = '[0-1][0-9]|2[0-3]|[1-9]'
  minute  = '[0-5][0-9]'
  second  = '[0-5][0-9]'
  case date
  when /^(#{year})(#{month})(#{day})$/
    identifiedDate =  $1 + ':' + $2 + ':' + $3 + ' 00:00:00'
  when /^(#{year})(#{month})(#{day})(#{hour})(#{minute})(#{second})$/
    identifiedDate =  $1 + ':' + $2 + ':' + $3 + ' ' + $4 + ':' + $5 + ':' + $6
  when /^(#{year})[\:|\.|\-](#{month})[\:|\.|\-](#{day})\s(#{hour})[\:](#{minute})[\:](#{second})$/
    identifiedDate =  $1 + ':' + $2 + ':' + $3 + ' ' + $4 + ':' + $5 + ':' + $6
  when /^(#{year})[\:|\.|\-](#{month})[\:|\.|\-](#{day})$/
    day   = "%02d" % $3
    month = "%02d" % $2

    # Return the identified string
    $1 + ':' + month + ':' + day + ' 00:00:00'

  else

    # This wasn't a date we recognize
    false

  end
end