Method: Stardate#initialize

Defined in:
lib/stardate.rb

#initialize(t = Time.now) ⇒ Stardate

Returns a new instance of Stardate.



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# File 'lib/stardate.rb', line 63

def initialize(t = Time.now)
  case t.class.to_s
  when "Stardate"
    @stardate = t.stardate
    return
  when "Fixnum"
    @stardate = t.to_f
    return
  when "Float"
    @stardate = t
    return
  when "DateTime"
    datetime = t.to_time.utc
  when "Time"
    datetime = t.utc
  when "ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone"
    datetime = t.utc
  when "String"
    datetime = Time.parse(t).utc
  else
    raise "Unknown conversion: #{t.class}"
  end
  y0 = datetime.year
  t0 = Time.utc(y0).to_f
  t1 = Time.utc(y0 + 1).to_f
  @stardate = y0 + (datetime.to_f - t0)/(t1 - t0)
end