Module: Bridgetown::Filters::DateFilters

Included in:
Bridgetown::Filters
Defined in:
lib/bridgetown-core/filters/date_filters.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#date_to_long_string(date, type = nil, style = nil) ⇒ Object

Format a date in long format e.g. "27 January 2011". Ordinal format is also supported, in both the UK (e.g. "27th January 2011") and US ("e.g. January 27th, 2011") formats. UK format is the default.

date - the Time to format. type - if "ordinal" the returned String will be in ordinal format style - if "US" the returned String will be in US format. Otherwise it will be in UK format.

Returns the formatted String.



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# File 'lib/bridgetown-core/filters/date_filters.rb', line 32

def date_to_long_string(date, type = nil, style = nil)
  stringify_date(date, "%B", type, style)
end

#date_to_rfc822(date) ⇒ Object

Format a date according to RFC-822

date - The Time to format.

Examples

date_to_rfc822(Time.now) # => "Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:34:46 +0000"

Returns the formatted String.



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# File 'lib/bridgetown-core/filters/date_filters.rb', line 62

def date_to_rfc822(date)
  return date if date.to_s.empty?

  time(date).rfc822
end

#date_to_string(date, type = nil, style = nil) ⇒ Object

Format a date in short format e.g. "27 Jan 2011". Ordinal format is also supported, in both the UK (e.g. "27th Jan 2011") and US ("e.g. Jan 27th, 2011") formats. UK format is the default.

date - the Time to format. type - if "ordinal" the returned String will be in ordinal format style - if "US" the returned String will be in US format. Otherwise it will be in UK format.

Returns the formatting String.



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# File 'lib/bridgetown-core/filters/date_filters.rb', line 17

def date_to_string(date, type = nil, style = nil)
  stringify_date(date, "%b", type, style)
end

#date_to_xmlschema(date) ⇒ Object

Format a date for use in XML.

date - The Time to format.

Examples

date_to_xmlschema(Time.now) # => "2011-04-24T20:34:46+08:00"

Returns the formatted String.



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# File 'lib/bridgetown-core/filters/date_filters.rb', line 46

def date_to_xmlschema(date)
  return date if date.to_s.empty?

  time(date).xmlschema
end