Methods

Included Modules

Constants

DATE_FORMATS = { short: "%d %b", long: "%B %d, %Y", db: "%Y-%m-%d", number: "%Y%m%d", long_ordinal: lambda { |date| day_format = ActiveSupport::Inflector.ordinalize(date.day) date.strftime("%B #{day_format}, %Y") # => "April 25th, 2007" }, rfc822: "%d %b %Y", iso8601: lambda { |date| date.iso8601 } }

Attributes

[RW] beginning_of_week_default

Class Public methods

beginning_of_week()

Returns the week start (e.g. :monday) for the current request, if this has been set (via Date.beginning_of_week=). If Date.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.

πŸ“ Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb, line 19
    def beginning_of_week
      Thread.current[:beginning_of_week] || beginning_of_week_default || :monday
    end
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beginning_of_week=(week_start)

Sets Date.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

πŸ“ Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb, line 27
    def beginning_of_week=(week_start)
      Thread.current[:beginning_of_week] = find_beginning_of_week!(week_start)
    end
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current()

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

πŸ“ Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb, line 48
    def current
      ::Time.zone ? ::Time.zone.today : ::Date.today
    end
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find_beginning_of_week!(week_start)

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

πŸ“ Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb, line 32
    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
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tomorrow()

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

πŸ“ Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb, line 43
    def tomorrow
      ::Date.current.tomorrow
    end
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yesterday()

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

πŸ“ Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb, line 38
    def yesterday
      ::Date.current.yesterday
    end
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Instance Public methods

<=>(other)

Also aliased as: compare_without_coercion
Alias for: compare_with_coercion

acts_like_date?()

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

πŸ“ Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/acts_like.rb, line 7
  def acts_like_date?
    true
  end
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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.

πŸ“ Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb, line 112
  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
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ago(seconds)

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

πŸ“ Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb, line 55
  def ago(seconds)
    in_time_zone.since(-seconds)
  end
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at_beginning_of_day()

Alias for: beginning_of_day

at_end_of_day()

Alias for: end_of_day

at_midday()

Alias for: middle_of_day

at_middle_of_day()

Alias for: middle_of_day

at_midnight()

Alias for: beginning_of_day

at_noon()

Alias for: middle_of_day

beginning_of_day()

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

Also aliased as: midnight, at_midnight, at_beginning_of_day
πŸ“ Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb, line 67
  def beginning_of_day
    in_time_zone
  end
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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)
πŸ“ Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb, line 127
  def change(options)
    ::Date.new(
      options.fetch(:year, year),
      options.fetch(:month, month),
      options.fetch(:day, day)
    )
  end
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compare_with_coercion(other)

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

Also aliased as: <=>
πŸ“ Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb, line 136
  def compare_with_coercion(other)
    if other.is_a?(Time)
      to_datetime <=> other
    else
      compare_without_coercion(other)
    end
  end
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compare_without_coercion(other)

Alias for: <=>

default_inspect()

Alias for: inspect

end_of_day()

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

Also aliased as: at_end_of_day
πŸ“ Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb, line 85
  def end_of_day
    in_time_zone.end_of_day
  end
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in(seconds)

Alias for: since

inspect()

Also aliased as: default_inspect
Alias for: readable_inspect

midday()

Alias for: middle_of_day

middle_of_day()

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

Also aliased as: midday, noon, at_midday, at_noon, at_middle_of_day
πŸ“ Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb, line 75
  def middle_of_day
    in_time_zone.middle_of_day
  end
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midnight()

Alias for: beginning_of_day

noon()

Alias for: middle_of_day

readable_inspect()

Overrides the default inspect method with a human readable one, e.g., β€œMon, 21 Feb 2005”

Also aliased as: inspect
πŸ“ Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb, line 61
  def readable_inspect
    strftime("%a, %d %b %Y")
  end
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since(seconds)

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

Also aliased as: in
πŸ“ Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb, line 61
  def since(seconds)
    in_time_zone.since(seconds)
  end
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to_default_s(format = :default)

Alias for: to_s

to_formatted_s(format = :default)

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::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}") }
Also aliased as: to_s
πŸ“ Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb, line 46
  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
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to_s(format = :default)

Also aliased as: to_default_s
Alias for: 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                   # => 2007-11-10 00:00:00 0800
date.to_time(:local)           # => 2007-11-10 00:00:00 0800

date.to_time(:utc)             # => 2007-11-10 00:00:00 UTC

NOTE: The :local timezone is Ruby's process timezone, i.e. ENV.

If the *application's* timezone is needed, then use +in_time_zone+ instead.
πŸ“ Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb, line 81
  def to_time(form = :local)
    raise ArgumentError, "Expected :local or :utc, got #{form.inspect}." unless [:local, :utc].include?(form)
    ::Time.send(form, year, month, day)
  end
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xmlschema()

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

date = Date.new(2015, 05, 23)  # => Sat, 23 May 2015
date.xmlschema                 # => "2015-05-23T00:00:00+04:00"
πŸ“ Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb, line 93
  def xmlschema
    in_time_zone.xmlschema
  end
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