Class: Date

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/extensions/date.rb

Overview

The Date class gets monkey-patched (gasp!) to activate DateCasually features via the ‘casual’ method.

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#casual(options = {}) ⇒ Object

Public: Translates the current date object (self) into its language-based equivalent.

options - List of options to control what the casual method outputs.

:as - Tells DateCasually which date ranges to use when translating 
      the current date. Values should be passed an array of symbols.
      Possible values are :day, :week, :month, :year, :day_of_week.

Examples

date = Date.new(2010, 8, 30)

(date + 1).casual
#=> 'tomorrow'

(date - 1).casual
#=> 'yesterday'

(date + 6).casual
#=> 'next week'

(date + 6).casual(:day_of_week)
#=> 'next week'

(date + 1).casual(:months) 
#=> 'less than a month from now'

(date + 660).casual(:months)
#=> '21 months from now'

(date + 660).casual(:months, :years)
#=> 'a couple of years from now'

Returns language translation of the current date.



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# File 'lib/extensions/date.rb', line 38

def casual(options = {})
  DateCasually::Translator.casual(self, options)
end