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Class: Date

Constant Summary

::DateAndTime::Calculations - Included

DAYS_INTO_WEEK

Class Attribute Summary

Class Method Summary

Instance Attribute Summary

::DateAndTime::Calculations - Included

#future?

Returns true if the date/time is in the future.

#past?

Returns true if the date/time is in the past.

#today?

Returns true if the date/time is today.

Instance Method Summary

::DateAndTime::Calculations - Included

#all_month

Returns a ::Range representing the whole month of the current date/time.

#all_quarter

Returns a ::Range representing the whole quarter of the current date/time.

#all_week

Returns a ::Range representing the whole week of the current date/time.

#all_year

Returns a ::Range representing the whole year of the current date/time.

#at_beginning_of_month
#at_beginning_of_quarter
#at_beginning_of_week
#at_beginning_of_year
#at_end_of_month
#at_end_of_quarter
#at_end_of_week
#at_end_of_year
#beginning_of_month

Returns a new date/time at the start of the month.

#beginning_of_quarter

Returns a new date/time at the start of the quarter.

#beginning_of_week

Returns a new date/time representing the start of this week on the given day.

#beginning_of_year

Return a new date/time at the beginning of the year.

#days_ago

Returns a new date/time the specified number of days ago.

#days_since

Returns a new date/time the specified number of days in the future.

#days_to_week_start

Returns the number of days to the start of the week on the given day.

#end_of_month

Returns a new date/time representing the end of the month.

#end_of_quarter

Returns a new date/time at the end of the quarter.

#end_of_week

Returns a new date/time representing the end of this week on the given day.

#end_of_year

Returns a new date/time representing the end of the year.

#last_month
#last_quarter
#last_week
#last_year
#monday

Returns Monday of this week assuming that week starts on Monday.

#months_ago

Returns a new date/time the specified number of months ago.

#months_since

Returns a new date/time the specified number of months in the future.

#next_month

Short-hand for months_since(1).

#next_quarter

Short-hand for months_since(3).

#next_week

Returns a new date/time representing the given day in the next week.

#next_year

Short-hand for years_since(1).

#prev_month

Short-hand for months_ago(1).

#prev_quarter

Short-hand for months_ago(3).

#prev_week

Returns a new date/time representing the given day in the previous week.

#prev_year

Short-hand for years_ago(1).

#sunday

Returns Sunday of this week assuming that week starts on Monday.

#tomorrow

Returns a new date/time representing tomorrow.

#weeks_ago

Returns a new date/time the specified number of weeks ago.

#weeks_since

Returns a new date/time the specified number of weeks in the future.

#years_ago

Returns a new date/time the specified number of years ago.

#years_since

Returns a new date/time the specified number of years in the future.

#yesterday

Returns a new date/time representing yesterday.

::DateAndTime::Zones - Included

#in_time_zone

Returns the simultaneous time in Time.zone if a zone is given or if Time.zone_default is set.

Class Attribute Details

.beginning_of_week (rw)

Returns the week start (e.g. :monday) for the current request, if this has been set (via .beginning_of_week=). If beginning_of_week has not been set for the current request, returns the week start specified in config.beginning_of_week. If no config.beginning_of_week was specified, returns :monday.

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 17

def beginning_of_week
  Thread.current[:beginning_of_week] || beginning_of_week_default || :monday
end

.beginning_of_week=(week_start) (rw)

Sets .beginning_of_week to a week start (e.g. :monday) for current request/thread.

This method accepts any of the following day symbols: :monday, :tuesday, :wednesday, :thursday, :friday, :saturday, :sunday

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 25

def beginning_of_week=(week_start)
  Thread.current[:beginning_of_week] = find_beginning_of_week!(week_start)
end

.beginning_of_week_default (rw)

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 12

attr_accessor :beginning_of_week_default

Class Method Details

.current

Returns Time.zone.today when Time.zone or config.time_zone are set, otherwise just returns Date.today.

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 46

def current
  ::Time.zone ? ::Time.zone.today : ::Date.today
end

.find_beginning_of_week!(week_start)

Returns week start day symbol (e.g. :monday), or raises an ArgumentError for invalid day symbol.

Raises:

  • (ArgumentError)
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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 30

def find_beginning_of_week!(week_start)
  raise ArgumentError, "Invalid beginning of week: #{week_start}" unless ::Date::DAYS_INTO_WEEK.key?(week_start)
  week_start
end

.tomorrow

Returns a new Date representing the date 1 day after today (i.e. tomorrow's date).

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 41

def tomorrow
  ::Date.current.tomorrow
end

.yesterday

Returns a new Date representing the date 1 day ago (i.e. yesterday's date).

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 36

def yesterday
  ::Date.current.yesterday
end

Instance Attribute Details

#acts_like_date?Boolean (readonly)

Duck-types as a Date-like class. See Object#acts_like?.

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/acts_like.rb', line 5

def acts_like_date?
  true
end

Instance Method Details

#+(other)

Alias for #plus_with_duration.

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 96

alias_method :+, :plus_with_duration

#-(other)

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 106

alias_method :-, :minus_with_duration

#<=>(other)

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 142

alias_method :<=>, :compare_with_coercion

#advance(options)

Provides precise Date calculations for years, months, and days. The options parameter takes a hash with any of these keys: :years, :months, :weeks, :days.

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 110

def advance(options)
  options = options.dup
  d = self
  d = d >> options.delete(:years) * 12 if options[:years]
  d = d >> options.delete(:months)     if options[:months]
  d = d +  options.delete(:weeks) * 7  if options[:weeks]
  d = d +  options.delete(:days)       if options[:days]
  d
end

#ago(seconds)

Converts Date to a ::Time (or ::Time if necessary) with the time portion set to the beginning of the day (0:00) and then subtracts the specified number of seconds.

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 53

def ago(seconds)
  in_time_zone.since(-seconds)
end

#at_beginning_of_day

Alias for #beginning_of_day.

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 70

alias :at_beginning_of_day :beginning_of_day

#at_end_of_day

Alias for #end_of_day.

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 86

alias :at_end_of_day :end_of_day

#at_midday

Alias for #middle_of_day.

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 78

alias :at_midday :middle_of_day

#at_middle_of_day

Alias for #middle_of_day.

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 80

alias :at_middle_of_day :middle_of_day

#at_midnight

Alias for #beginning_of_day.

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 69

alias :at_midnight :beginning_of_day

#at_noon

Alias for #middle_of_day.

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 79

alias :at_noon :middle_of_day

#beginning_of_day Also known as: #midnight, #at_midnight, #at_beginning_of_day

Converts Date to a ::Time (or ::Time if necessary) with the time portion set to the beginning of the day (0:00)

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 65

def beginning_of_day
  in_time_zone
end

#change(options)

Returns a new Date where one or more of the elements have been changed according to the options parameter. The options parameter is a hash with a combination of these keys: :year, :month, :day.

Date.new(2007, 5, 12).change(day: 1)               # => Date.new(2007, 5, 1)
Date.new(2007, 5, 12).change(year: 2005, month: 1) # => Date.new(2005, 1, 12)
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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 125

def change(options)
  ::Date.new(
    options.fetch(:year, year),
    options.fetch(:month, month),
    options.fetch(:day, day)
  )
end

#compare_with_coercion(other) Also known as: #<=>

Allow Date to be compared with ::Time by converting to ::Time and relying on the <=> from there.

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 134

def compare_with_coercion(other)
  if other.is_a?(Time)
    self.to_datetime <=> other
  else
    compare_without_coercion(other)
  end
end

#compare_without_coercion

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 141

alias_method :compare_without_coercion, :<=>

#default_inspect

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb', line 70

alias_method :default_inspect, :inspect

#end_of_day Also known as: #at_end_of_day

Converts Date to a ::Time (or ::Time if necessary) with the time portion set to the end of the day (23:59:59)

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 83

def end_of_day
  in_time_zone.end_of_day
end

#in(seconds)

Alias for #since.

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 62

alias :in :since

#inspect

Alias for #readable_inspect.

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb', line 71

alias_method :inspect, :readable_inspect

#midday

Alias for #middle_of_day.

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 76

alias :midday :middle_of_day

#middle_of_day Also known as: #midday, #noon, #at_midday, #at_noon, #at_middle_of_day

Converts Date to a ::Time (or ::Time if necessary) with the time portion set to the middle of the day (12:00)

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 73

def middle_of_day
  in_time_zone.middle_of_day
end

#midnight

Alias for #beginning_of_day.

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 68

alias :midnight :beginning_of_day

#minus_without_duration

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 105

alias_method :minus_without_duration, :-

#noon

Alias for #middle_of_day.

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 77

alias :noon :middle_of_day

#plus_without_duration

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 95

alias_method :plus_without_duration, :+

#readable_inspect Also known as: #inspect

Overrides the default inspect method with a human readable one, e.g., “Mon, 21 Feb 2005”

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb', line 67

def readable_inspect
  strftime('%a, %d %b %Y')
end

#since(seconds) Also known as: #in

Converts Date to a ::Time (or ::Time if necessary) with the time portion set to the beginning of the day (0:00) and then adds the specified number of seconds

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb', line 59

def since(seconds)
  in_time_zone.since(seconds)
end

#to_default_s

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb', line 63

alias_method :to_default_s, :to_s

#to_formatted_s(format = :default) Also known as: #to_s

Convert to a formatted string. See DATE_FORMATS for predefined formats.

This method is aliased to #to_s.

date = Date.new(2007, 11, 10)       # => Sat, 10 Nov 2007

date.to_formatted_s(:db)            # => "2007-11-10"
date.to_s(:db)                      # => "2007-11-10"

date.to_formatted_s(:short)         # => "10 Nov"
date.to_formatted_s(:number)        # => "20071110"
date.to_formatted_s(:long)          # => "November 10, 2007"
date.to_formatted_s(:long_ordinal)  # => "November 10th, 2007"
date.to_formatted_s(:rfc822)        # => "10 Nov 2007"
date.to_formatted_s(:iso8601)       # => "2007-11-10"

Adding your own date formats to to_formatted_s

You can add your own formats to the DATE_FORMATS hash. Use the format name as the hash key and either a strftime string or Proc instance that takes a date argument as the value.

# config/initializers/date_formats.rb
Date::DATE_FORMATS[:month_and_year] = '%B %Y'
Date::DATE_FORMATS[:short_ordinal] = ->(date) { date.strftime("%B #{date.day.ordinalize}") }
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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb', line 52

def to_formatted_s(format = :default)
  if formatter = DATE_FORMATS[format]
    if formatter.respond_to?(:call)
      formatter.call(self).to_s
    else
      strftime(formatter)
    end
  else
    to_default_s
  end
end

#to_s(format = :default)

Alias for #to_formatted_s.

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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb', line 64

alias_method :to_s, :to_formatted_s

#to_time(form = :local)

Converts a Date instance to a ::Time, where the time is set to the beginning of the day. The timezone can be either :local or :utc (default :local).

date = Date.new(2007, 11, 10)  # => Sat, 10 Nov 2007

date.to_time                   # => Sat Nov 10 00:00:00 0800 2007
date.to_time(:local)           # => Sat Nov 10 00:00:00 0800 2007

date.to_time(:utc)             # => Sat Nov 10 00:00:00 UTC 2007
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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb', line 82

def to_time(form = :local)
  ::Time.send(form, year, month, day)
end

#xmlschema

Returns a string which represents the time in used time zone as ::Time defined by XML Schema:

date = Date.new(2015, 05, 23)  # => Sat, 23 May 2015
date.xmlschema                 # => "2015-05-23T00:00:00+04:00"
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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb', line 91

def xmlschema
  in_time_zone.xmlschema
end