Class: Date

Inherits:
Object show all
Defined in:
lib/webget_ramp/date.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.between(min, max) ⇒ Object

Return a random date between min & max

Example

d1= Date.parse('2008-01-01')
d2= Date.parse('2009-01-01')
Date.between(d1,d3) => Date 2008-11-22



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# File 'lib/webget_ramp/date.rb', line 48

def self.between(min,max)
  min+rand(max-min)
end

Instance Method Details

#age_days(compare_to_date = Date.today) ⇒ Object

Return the age in days for a given date.



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# File 'lib/webget_ramp/date.rb', line 82

def age_days(compare_to_date=Date.today)
  (compare_to_date-self).to_i
end

#age_years(compare_date = Date.today) ⇒ Object

Return the age in years for a given date.

Example

birthdate=Date.new(1980,10,31)
birthdate.age_years => 28 (where 28 is the correct age for today)

Example of custom dates

birthdate=Date.new(1980,10,31)

valentines = Date.new(2008,02,14)
birthdate.age_years(valentines) => 27  # before the birthday

halloween = Date.new(2008,10,31)
birthdate.age_years(halloween) => 28   # on the birthday

new_years_eve = Date.new(2008,12,31)
birthdate.age_years(new_years_eve) => 28  # after the birthday



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# File 'lib/webget_ramp/date.rb', line 73

def age_years(compare_date=Date.today)
  age=compare_date.year-year
  age-=1 if compare_date.month < month or (compare_date.month==month and compare_date.day < day)
  age
end

#to_sql ⇒ Object

Return date in a sql format: YYYY-MM-DD

Example

d=Date.today
d.to_sql => "2007-12-31"



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# File 'lib/webget_ramp/date.rb', line 12

def to_sql
  return to_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
end

#weekday? ⇒ Boolean

Return true if the date is a weekday: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri

Example

d = Date.parse('2008-01-01')
d.wday => 2
d.weekday? => true

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/webget_ramp/date.rb', line 24

def weekday?
  wday>0 and wday<6
end

#weekend? ⇒ Boolean

Return true if the date is a weekend: Sat, Sun

Example

d = Date.parse('2008-01-05')
d.wday => 6
d.weekend? => true

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/webget_ramp/date.rb', line 36

def weekend?
  wday==0 or wday==6
end