DateMisc
add misc methods to Date
Usage
require 'date_misc'
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Date.easy_parse(date_string)- 'tomorrow', 'today' and 'yesterday' returns as you imagined
- other string will be passed to original
Date.parse - if invalid string is given, returns
Date.today
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Date#wday_position- returns position of wday in current month
- e.g : 23, Jan 2016 is 4th Saturday of this month
[1] pry(main)> Date.today
=> #<Date: 2016-01-23 ((2457411j,0s,0n),+0s,2299161j)>
[2] pry(main)> Date.today.wday
=> 6
[3] pry(main)> Date.today.wday_position
=> 4
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Date#wday_name(lang = :ja)- returns name of wday in specified language
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Date#month_name(lang = :ja)- returns name of month in specified language
[1] pry(main)> Date.today
=> #<Date: 2016-01-26 ((2457414j,0s,0n),+0s,2299161j)>
[2] pry(main)> Date.today.wday_name
=> "火"
[3] pry(main)> Date.today.month_name
=> "睦月"
Contributing
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/kwappa/date_misc.
License
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.