Module: Xbrlware::DateUtil

Defined in:
lib/xbrlware-extras/dateutil.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.days_between(date1 = Date.today, date2 = Date.today) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/xbrlware-extras/dateutil.rb', line 4

def self.days_between(date1=Date.today, date2=Date.today)
  begin
    date1=Date.parse(date1) if date1.is_a?(String)
    date2=Date.parse(date2) if date2.is_a?(String)
    (date1 > date2) ? (recent_date, past_date = date1, date2) : (recent_date, past_date = date2, date1)
    (recent_date - past_date).round
  rescue Exception => e
    0
  end
end