Module: TimeFormatterHelper

Included in:
HL7::Message::Segment
Defined in:
lib/helpers/time_formatter_helper.rb

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: ValueTypeNotSupportedError

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#hl7_formatted_date(value) ⇒ Object

Get an HL7 timestamp (type TS) for a Date instance.

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# File 'lib/helpers/time_formatter_helper.rb', line 21

def hl7_formatted_date(value)
  raise ValueTypeNotSupportedError, "Value must be an instance of Date" unless value.is_a?(Date)

  value.strftime("%Y%m%d")
end

#hl7_formatted_timestamp(value, fraction_digits = 0) ⇒ Object

Get an HL7 timestamp (type TS) for a Time or DateTime instance.

fraction_digits

specifies a number of digits of fractional seconds. Its default value is 0.

hl7_formatted_timestamp(Time.parse('01:23'))
=> "20091202012300"
hl7_formatted_timestamp(Time.now, 3)
=> "20091202153652.302"

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# File 'lib/helpers/time_formatter_helper.rb', line 14

def hl7_formatted_timestamp(value, fraction_digits = 0)
  raise ValueTypeNotSupportedError, "Value must be an instance of Time or DateTime" unless value.is_a?(Time) || value.is_a?(DateTime)

  value.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S") + hl7_formatted_fractions(value, fraction_digits)
end