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Date

Class representing a date.

See the documentation to the file date.rb for an overview.

Internally, the date is represented as an Astronomical Julian Day Number, ajd. The Day of Calendar Reform, sg, is also stored, for conversions to other date formats. (There is also an of field for a time zone offset, but this is only for the use of the DateTime subclass.)

A new Date object is created using one of the object creation class methods named after the corresponding date format, and the arguments appropriate to that date format; for instance, ::civil (aliased to ::new) with year, month, and day-of-month, or ::ordinal with year and day-of-year. All of these object creation class methods also take the Day of Calendar Reform as an optional argument.

Date objects are immutable once created.

Once a Date has been created, date values can be retrieved for the different date formats supported using instance methods. For instance, mon() gives the Civil month, cwday() gives the Commercial day of the week, and yday() gives the Ordinal day of the year. Date values can be retrieved in any format, regardless of what format was used to create the Date instance.

The Date class includes the Comparable module, allowing date objects to be compared and sorted, ranges of dates to be created, and so forth.

Constants

ABBR_DAYNAMES

Abbreviated day names, in English.

ABBR_MONTHNAMES

Abbreviated month names, in English.

DAYNAMES

Full names of days of the week, in English. Days of the week count from 0 to 6 (except in the commercial week); a day's numerical representation indexed into this array gives the name of that day.

ENGLAND

The Julian Day Number of the Day of Calendar Reform for England and her Colonies.

GREGORIAN

A constant used to indicate that a Date should always use the Gregorian calendar.

ITALY

The Julian Day Number of the Day of Calendar Reform for Italy and the Catholic countries.

JULIAN

A constant used to indicate that a Date should always use the Julian calendar.

MONTHNAMES

Full month names, in English. Months count from 1 to 12; a month's numerical representation indexed into this array gives the name of that month (hence the first element is nil).

Public Class Methods

_load(str) click to toggle source

Load from Marshall format.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1355
def self._load(str)
  a = Marshal.load(str)
  if a.size == 2
    ajd,     sg = a
         of = 0
    ajd -= 1.to_r/2
  else
    ajd, of, sg = a
  end
  new!(ajd, of, sg)
end
            
_parse(str, comp=false) click to toggle source
 
               # File date/format.rb, line 958
def self._parse(str, comp=false)
  str = str.dup

  e = Format::Bag.new

  e._comp = comp

  str.gsub!(/[^-+',.\/:0-9@a-z\x80-\xff]+/in, ' ')

  _parse_time(str, e) # || _parse_beat(str, e)
  _parse_day(str, e)

  _parse_eu(str, e)     ||
  _parse_us(str, e)     ||
  _parse_iso(str, e)    ||
  _parse_jis(str, e)    ||
  _parse_vms(str, e)    ||
  _parse_sla_us(str, e) ||
  _parse_iso2(str, e)   ||
  _parse_year(str, e)   ||
  _parse_mon(str, e)    ||
  _parse_mday(str, e)   ||
  _parse_ddd(str, e)

  if str.sub!(/\b(bc\b|bce\b|b\.c\.|b\.c\.e\.)/in, ' ')
    if e.year
      e.year = -e.year + 1
    end
  end

  if str.sub!(/\A\s*(\d{1,2})\s*\z/n, ' ')
    if e.hour && !e.mday
      v = $1.to_i
      if (1..31) === v
        e.mday = v
      end
    end
    if e.mday && !e.hour
      v = $1.to_i
      if (0..24) === v
        e.hour = v
      end
    end
  end

  if e._comp and e.year
    if e.year >= 0 and e.year <= 99
      if e.year >= 69
        e.year += 1900
      else
        e.year += 2000
      end
    end
  end

  e.offset ||= zone_to_diff(e.zone) if e.zone

  e.to_hash
end
            
_strptime(str, fmt='%F') click to toggle source
 
               # File date/format.rb, line 581
def self._strptime(str, fmt='%F')
  e = Format::Bag.new
  return unless _strptime_i(str.dup, fmt, e)

  if e._cent
    if e.cwyear
      e.cwyear += e._cent * 100
    end
    if e.year
      e.  year += e._cent * 100
    end
  end

  if e._merid
    if e.hour
      e.hour %= 12
      e.hour += e._merid
    end
  end

  e.to_hash
end
            
ajd_to_amjd(ajd) click to toggle source

Convert an Astronomical Julian Day Number to an Astronomical Modified Julian Day Number.

 
               # File date.rb, line 513
def self.ajd_to_amjd(ajd) ajd - 4800001.to_r/2 end
            
ajd_to_jd(ajd, of=0) click to toggle source

Convert an Astronomical Julian Day Number to a (civil) Julian Day Number.

ajd is the Astronomical Julian Day Number to convert. of is the offset from UTC as a fraction of a day (defaults to 0).

Returns the (civil) Julian Day Number as [day_number, fraction] where fraction is always 1/2.

 
               # File date.rb, line 479
def self.ajd_to_jd(ajd, of=0) (ajd + of + 1.to_r/2).divmod(1) end
            
amjd_to_ajd(amjd) click to toggle source

Convert an Astronomical Modified Julian Day Number to an Astronomical Julian Day Number.

 
               # File date.rb, line 509
def self.amjd_to_ajd(amjd) amjd + 4800001.to_r/2 end
            
civil(y=-4712, m=1, d=1, sg=ITALY) click to toggle source

Create a new Date object for the Civil Date specified by year y, month m, and day-of-month d.

m and d can be negative, in which case they count backwards from the end of the year and the end of the month respectively. No wraparound is performed, however, and invalid values cause an ArgumentError to be raised. can be negative

y defaults to -4712, m to 1, and d to 1; this is Julian Day Number day 0.

sg specifies the Day of Calendar Reform.

 
               # File date.rb, line 725
def self.civil(y=-4712, m=1, d=1, sg=ITALY)
  unless jd = valid_civil?(y, m, d, sg)
    raise ArgumentError, 'invalid date'
  end
  new!(jd_to_ajd(jd, 0, 0), 0, sg)
end
            
Also aliased as: new
civil_to_jd(y, m, d, sg=GREGORIAN) click to toggle source

Convert a Civil Date to a Julian Day Number. y, m, and d are the year, month, and day of the month. sg specifies the Day of Calendar Reform.

Returns the corresponding Julian Day Number.

 
               # File date.rb, line 383
def self.civil_to_jd(y, m, d, sg=GREGORIAN)
  if m <= 2
    y -= 1
    m += 12
  end
  a = (y / 100.0).floor
  b = 2 - a + (a / 4.0).floor
  jd = (365.25 * (y + 4716)).floor +
    (30.6001 * (m + 1)).floor +
    d + b - 1524
  if julian?(jd, sg)
    jd -= b
  end
  jd
end
            
commercial(y=1582, w=41, d=5, sg=ITALY) click to toggle source

Create a new Date object for the Commercial Date specified by year y, week-of-year w, and day-of-week d.

Monday is day-of-week 1; Sunday is day-of-week 7.

w and d can be negative, in which case they count backwards from the end of the year and the end of the week respectively. No wraparound is performed, however, and invalid values cause an ArgumentError to be raised.

y defaults to 1582, w to 41, and d to 5, the Day of Calendar Reform for Italy and the Catholic countries.

sg specifies the Day of Calendar Reform.

 
               # File date.rb, line 748
def self.commercial(y=1582, w=41, d=5, sg=ITALY)
  unless jd = valid_commercial?(y, w, d, sg)
    raise ArgumentError, 'invalid date'
  end
  new!(jd_to_ajd(jd, 0, 0), 0, sg)
end
            
commercial_to_jd(y, w, d, ns=GREGORIAN) click to toggle source

Convert a Commercial Date to a Julian Day Number.

y, w, and d are the (commercial) year, week of the year, and day of the week of the Commercial Date to convert. sg specifies the Day of Calendar Reform.

 
               # File date.rb, line 432
def self.commercial_to_jd(y, w, d, ns=GREGORIAN)
  jd = civil_to_jd(y, 1, 4, ns)
  (jd - (((jd - 1) + 1) % 7)) +
    7 * (w - 1) +
    (d - 1)
end
            
day_fraction_to_time(fr) click to toggle source

Convert a fractional day fr to [hours, minutes, seconds, fraction_of_a_second]

 
               # File date.rb, line 494
def self.day_fraction_to_time(fr)
  h,   fr = fr.divmod(1.to_r/24)
  min, fr = fr.divmod(1.to_r/1440)
  s,   fr = fr.divmod(1.to_r/86400)
  return h, min, s, fr
end
            
gregorian?(jd, sg) click to toggle source

Does a given Julian Day Number fall inside the new-style (Gregorian) calendar?

The reverse of self.os? See the documentation for that method for more details.

 
               # File date.rb, line 345
def self.gregorian? (jd, sg) !julian?(jd, sg) end
            
gregorian_leap?(y) click to toggle source

Is a year a leap year in the Gregorian calendar?

All years divisible by 4 are leap years in the Gregorian calendar, except for years divisible by 100 and not by 400.

 
               # File date.rb, line 545
def self.gregorian_leap? (y) y % 4 == 0 && y % 100 != 0 || y % 400 == 0 end
            
Also aliased as: leap?
jd(jd=0, sg=ITALY) click to toggle source

Create a new Date object from a Julian Day Number.

jd is the Julian Day Number; if not specified, it defaults to 0. sg specifies the Day of Calendar Reform.

 
               # File date.rb, line 690
def self.jd(jd=0, sg=ITALY)
  jd = valid_jd?(jd, sg)
  new!(jd_to_ajd(jd, 0, 0), 0, sg)
end
            
jd_to_ajd(jd, fr, of=0) click to toggle source

Convert a (civil) Julian Day Number to an Astronomical Julian Day Number.

jd is the Julian Day Number to convert, and fr is a fractional day. of is the offset from UTC as a fraction of a day (defaults to 0).

Returns the Astronomical Julian Day Number as a single numeric value.

 
               # File date.rb, line 490
def self.jd_to_ajd(jd, fr, of=0) jd + fr - of - 1.to_r/2 end
            
jd_to_civil(jd, sg=GREGORIAN) click to toggle source

Convert a Julian Day Number to a Civil Date. jd is the Julian Day Number. sg specifies the Day of Calendar Reform.

Returns the corresponding [year, month, day_of_month] as a three-element array.

 
               # File date.rb, line 405
def self.jd_to_civil(jd, sg=GREGORIAN)
  if julian?(jd, sg)
    a = jd
  else
    x = ((jd - 1867216.25) / 36524.25).floor
    a = jd + 1 + x - (x / 4.0).floor
  end
  b = a + 1524
  c = ((b - 122.1) / 365.25).floor
  d = (365.25 * c).floor
  e = ((b - d) / 30.6001).floor
  dom = b - d - (30.6001 * e).floor
  if e <= 13
    m = e - 1
    y = c - 4716
  else
    m = e - 13
    y = c - 4715
  end
  return y, m, dom
end
            
jd_to_commercial(jd, sg=GREGORIAN) click to toggle source

Convert a Julian Day Number to a Commercial Date

jd is the Julian Day Number to convert. sg specifies the Day of Calendar Reform.

Returns the corresponding Commercial Date as

commercial_year, week_of_year, day_of_week
 
               # File date.rb, line 446
def self.jd_to_commercial(jd, sg=GREGORIAN)
  ns = fix_style(jd, sg)
  a = jd_to_civil(jd - 3, ns)[0]
  y = if jd >= commercial_to_jd(a + 1, 1, 1, ns) then a + 1 else a end
  w = 1 + ((jd - commercial_to_jd(y, 1, 1, ns)) / 7).floor
  d = (jd + 1) % 7
  d = 7 if d == 0
  return y, w, d
end
            
jd_to_ld(jd) click to toggle source

Convert a Julian Day Number to the number of days since the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar (in Italy).

 
               # File date.rb, line 529
def self.jd_to_ld(jd) jd - 2299160 end
            
jd_to_mjd(jd) click to toggle source

Convert a Julian Day Number to a Modified Julian Day Number.

 
               # File date.rb, line 521
def self.jd_to_mjd(jd) jd - 2400001 end
            
jd_to_ordinal(jd, sg=GREGORIAN) click to toggle source

Convert a Julian Day Number to an Ordinal Date.

jd is the Julian Day Number to convert. sg specifies the Day of Calendar Reform.

Returns the corresponding Ordinal Date as

year, day_of_year
 
               # File date.rb, line 372
def self.jd_to_ordinal(jd, sg=GREGORIAN)
  y = jd_to_civil(jd, sg)[0]
  doy = jd - civil_to_jd(y - 1, 12, 31, fix_style(jd, sg))
  return y, doy
end
            
jd_to_wday(jd) click to toggle source

Convert a Julian Day Number to the day of the week.

Sunday is day-of-week 0; Saturday is day-of-week 6.

 
               # File date.rb, line 534
def self.jd_to_wday(jd) (jd + 1) % 7 end
            
julian?(jd, sg) click to toggle source

Does a given Julian Day Number fall inside the old-style (Julian) calendar?

jd is the Julian Day Number in question. sg may be Date::GREGORIAN, in which case the answer is false; it may be Date::JULIAN, in which case the answer is true; or it may a number representing the Day of Calendar Reform. Date::ENGLAND and Date::ITALY are two possible such days.

 
               # File date.rb, line 327
  def self.julian? (jd, sg)
    case sg
    when Numeric
      jd < sg
    else
      if $VERBOSE
        warn("#{caller.shift.sub(/:in .*/, '')}: " \
"warning: do not use non-numerical object as julian day number anymore")
      end
      not sg
    end
  end
            
julian_leap?(y) click to toggle source

Is a year a leap year in the Julian calendar?

All years divisible by 4 are leap years in the Julian calendar.

 
               # File date.rb, line 539
def self.julian_leap? (y) y % 4 == 0 end
            
ld_to_jd(ld) click to toggle source

Convert a count of the number of days since the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar (in Italy) to a Julian Day Number.

 
               # File date.rb, line 525
def self.ld_to_jd(ld) ld + 2299160 end
            
leap?(y) click to toggle source
Alias for: gregorian_leap?
mjd_to_jd(mjd) click to toggle source

Convert a Modified Julian Day Number to a Julian Day Number.

 
               # File date.rb, line 517
def self.mjd_to_jd(mjd) mjd + 2400001 end
            
new(y=-4712, m=1, d=1, sg=ITALY) click to toggle source
Also aliased as: new!
Alias for: civil
new(ajd=0, of=0, sg=ITALY) click to toggle source

NOTE this is the documentation for the method new!(). If you are reading this as the documentation for new(), that is because rdoc doesn't fully support the aliasing of the initialize() method. new() is in fact an alias for civil(): read the documentation for that method instead.

Create a new Date object.

ajd is the Astronomical Julian Day Number. of is the offset from UTC as a fraction of a day. Both default to 0.

sg specifies the Day of Calendar Reform to use for this Date object.

Using one of the factory methods such as ::civil is generally easier and safer.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1015
def initialize(ajd=0, of=0, sg=ITALY) @ajd, @of, @sg = ajd, of, sg end
            
new!(y=-4712, m=1, d=1, sg=ITALY) click to toggle source
Alias for: new
ordinal(y=-4712, d=1, sg=ITALY) click to toggle source

Create a new Date object from an Ordinal Date, specified by year y and day-of-year d. d can be negative, in which it counts backwards from the end of the year. No year wraparound is performed, however. An invalid value for d results in an ArgumentError being raised.

y defaults to -4712, and d to 1; this is Julian Day Number day 0.

sg specifies the Day of Calendar Reform.

 
               # File date.rb, line 705
def self.ordinal(y=-4712, d=1, sg=ITALY)
  unless jd = valid_ordinal?(y, d, sg)
    raise ArgumentError, 'invalid date'
  end
  new!(jd_to_ajd(jd, 0, 0), 0, sg)
end
            
ordinal_to_jd(y, d, sg=GREGORIAN) click to toggle source

Convert an Ordinal Date to a Julian Day Number.

y and d are the year and day-of-year to convert. sg specifies the Day of Calendar Reform.

Returns the corresponding Julian Day Number.

 
               # File date.rb, line 361
def self.ordinal_to_jd(y, d, sg=GREGORIAN)
  civil_to_jd(y, 1, d, sg)
end
            
parse(str='-4712-01-01', comp=false, sg=ITALY) click to toggle source

Create a new Date object by parsing from a String, without specifying the format.

str is a String holding a date representation. comp specifies whether to interpret 2-digit years as 19XX (>= 69) or 20XX (< 69); the default is not to. The method will attempt to parse a date from the String using various heuristics; see #_parse in date/format.rb for more details. If parsing fails, an ArgumentError will be raised.

The default str is '-4712-01-01'; this is Julian Day Number day 0.

sg specifies the Day of Calendar Reform.

 
               # File date.rb, line 973
def self.parse(str='-4712-01-01', comp=false, sg=ITALY)
  elem = _parse(str, comp)
  new_by_frags(elem, sg)
end
            
strptime(str='-4712-01-01', fmt='%F', sg=ITALY) click to toggle source

Create a new Date object by parsing from a String according to a specified format.

str is a String holding a date representation. fmt is the format that the date is in. See date/format.rb for details on supported formats.

The default str is '-4712-01-01', and the default fmt is '%F', which means Year-Month-Day_of_Month. This gives Julian Day Number day 0.

sg specifies the Day of Calendar Reform.

An ArgumentError will be raised if str cannot be parsed.

 
               # File date.rb, line 953
def self.strptime(str='-4712-01-01', fmt='%F', sg=ITALY)
  elem = _strptime(str, fmt)
  new_by_frags(elem, sg)
end
            
time_to_day_fraction(h, min, s) click to toggle source

Convert an h hour, min minutes, s seconds period to a fractional day.

 
               # File date.rb, line 503
def self.time_to_day_fraction(h, min, s)
  h.to_r/24 + min.to_r/1440 + s.to_r/86400
end
            
today(sg=ITALY) click to toggle source

Create a new Date object representing today.

sg specifies the Day of Calendar Reform.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1626
def self.today(sg=ITALY)
  t = Time.now
  jd = civil_to_jd(t.year, t.mon, t.mday, sg)
  new!(jd_to_ajd(jd, 0, 0), 0, sg)
end
            
valid_civil?(y, m, d, sg=ITALY) click to toggle source

Do year y, month m, and day-of-month d make a valid Civil Date? Returns the corresponding Julian Day Number if they do, nil if they don't.

m and d can be negative, in which case they count backwards from the end of the year and the end of the month respectively. No wraparound is performed, however, and invalid values cause an ArgumentError to be raised. A date falling in the period skipped in the Day of Calendar Reform adjustment is not valid.

sg specifies the Day of Calendar Reform.

 
               # File date.rb, line 595
def self.valid_civil? (y, m, d, sg=ITALY)
  if m < 0
    m += 13
  end
  if d < 0
    ny, nm = (y * 12 + m).divmod(12)
    nm,    = (nm + 1).divmod(1)
    jd = civil_to_jd(ny, nm, d + 1, sg)
    ns = fix_style(jd, sg)
    return unless [y, m] == jd_to_civil(jd, sg)[0..1]
    return unless [ny, nm, 1] == jd_to_civil(jd - d, ns)
  else
    jd = civil_to_jd(y, m, d, sg)
    return unless [y, m, d] == jd_to_civil(jd, sg)
  end
  jd
end
            
Also aliased as: valid_date?
valid_commercial?(y, w, d, sg=ITALY) click to toggle source

Do year y, week-of-year w, and day-of-week d make a valid Commercial Date? Returns the corresponding Julian Day Number if they do, nil if they don't.

Monday is day-of-week 1; Sunday is day-of-week 7.

w and d can be negative, in which case they count backwards from the end of the year and the end of the week respectively. No wraparound is performed, however, and invalid values cause an ArgumentError to be raised. A date falling in the period skipped in the Day of Calendar Reform adjustment is not valid.

sg specifies the Day of Calendar Reform.

 
               # File date.rb, line 629
def self.valid_commercial? (y, w, d, sg=ITALY)
  if d < 0
    d += 8
  end
  if w < 0
    ny, nw, nd =
      jd_to_commercial(commercial_to_jd(y + 1, 1, 1) + w * 7)
    return unless ny == y
    w = nw
  end
  jd = commercial_to_jd(y, w, d)
  return unless gregorian?(jd, sg)
  return unless [y, w, d] == jd_to_commercial(jd)
  jd
end
            
valid_date?(y, m, d, sg=ITALY) click to toggle source
Alias for: valid_civil?
valid_jd?(jd, sg=ITALY) click to toggle source

Is jd a valid Julian Day Number?

If it is, returns it. In fact, any value is treated as a valid Julian Day Number.

 
               # File date.rb, line 554
def self.valid_jd? (jd, sg=ITALY) jd end
            
valid_ordinal?(y, d, sg=ITALY) click to toggle source

Do the year y and day-of-year d make a valid Ordinal Date? Returns the corresponding Julian Day Number if they do, or nil if they don't.

d can be a negative number, in which case it counts backwards from the end of the year (-1 being the last day of the year). No year wraparound is performed, however, so valid values of d are -365 .. -1, 1 .. 365 on a non-leap-year, -366 .. -1, 1 .. 366 on a leap year. A date falling in the period skipped in the Day of Calendar Reform adjustment is not valid.

sg specifies the Day of Calendar Reform.

 
               # File date.rb, line 569
def self.valid_ordinal? (y, d, sg=ITALY)
  if d < 0
    ny, = (y + 1).divmod(1)
    jd = ordinal_to_jd(ny, d + 1, sg)
    ns = fix_style(jd, sg)
    return unless [y] == jd_to_ordinal(jd, sg)[0..0]
    return unless [ny, 1] == jd_to_ordinal(jd - d, ns)
  else
    jd = ordinal_to_jd(y, d, sg)
    return unless [y, d] == jd_to_ordinal(jd, sg)
  end
  jd
end
            
valid_time?(h, min, s) click to toggle source

Do hour h, minute min, and second s constitute a valid time?

If they do, returns their value as a fraction of a day. If not, returns nil.

The 24-hour clock is used. Negative values of h, min, and sec are treating as counting backwards from the end of the next larger unit (e.g. a min of -2 is treated as 58). No wraparound is performed.

 
               # File date.rb, line 672
def self.valid_time? (h, min, s)
  h   += 24 if h   < 0
  min += 60 if min < 0
  s   += 60 if s   < 0
  return unless ((0..23) === h &&
                 (0..59) === min &&
                 (0..59) === s) ||
                (24 == h &&
                  0 == min &&
                  0 == s)
  time_to_day_fraction(h, min, s)
end
            

Public Instance Methods

+(n) click to toggle source

Return a new Date object that is n days later than the current one.

n may be a negative value, in which case the new Date is earlier than the current one; however, #-() might be more intuitive.

If n is not a Numeric, a TypeError will be thrown. In particular, two Dates cannot be added to each other.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1200
def + (n)
  case n
  when Numeric; return self.class.new!(@ajd + n, @of, @sg)
  end
  raise TypeError, 'expected numeric'
end
            
-(x) click to toggle source

If x is a Numeric value, create a new Date object that is x days earlier than the current one.

If x is a Date, return the number of days between the two dates; or, more precisely, how many days later the current date is than x.

If x is neither Numeric nor a Date, a TypeError is raised.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1215
def - (x)
  case x
  when Numeric; return self.class.new!(@ajd - x, @of, @sg)
  when Date;    return @ajd - x.ajd
  end
  raise TypeError, 'expected numeric or date'
end
            
<<(n) click to toggle source

Return a new Date object that is n months earlier than the current one.

If the day-of-the-month of the current Date is greater than the last day of the target month, the day-of-the-month of the returned Date will be the last day of the target month.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1290
def << (n) self >> -n end
            
<=>(other) click to toggle source

Compare this date with another date.

other can also be a Numeric value, in which case it is interpreted as an Astronomical Julian Day Number.

Comparison is by Astronomical Julian Day Number, including fractional days. This means that both the time and the timezone offset are taken into account when comparing two DateTime instances. When comparing a DateTime instance with a Date instance, the time of the latter will be considered as falling on midnight UTC.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1234
def <=> (other)
  case other
  when Numeric; return @ajd <=> other
  when Date;    return @ajd <=> other.ajd
  end
  nil
end
            
===(other) click to toggle source

The relationship operator for Date.

Compares dates by Julian Day Number. When comparing two DateTime instances, or a DateTime with a Date, the instances will be regarded as equivalent if they fall on the same date in local time.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1248
def === (other)
  case other
  when Numeric; return jd == other
  when Date;    return jd == other.jd
  end
  false
end
            
>>(n) click to toggle source

Return a new Date object that is n months later than the current one.

If the day-of-the-month of the current Date is greater than the last day of the target month, the day-of-the-month of the returned Date will be the last day of the target month.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1272
def >> (n)
  y, m = (year * 12 + (mon - 1) + n).divmod(12)
  m,   = (m + 1)                    .divmod(1)
  d = mday
  until jd2 = self.class.valid_civil?(y, m, d, fix_style)
    d -= 1
    raise ArgumentError, 'invalid date' unless d > 0
  end

  self + (jd2 - jd)
end
            
_dump(limit) click to toggle source

Dump to Marshal format.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1350
def _dump(limit) Marshal.dump([@ajd, @of, @sg], -1) end
            
ajd() click to toggle source

Get the date as an Astronomical Julian Day Number.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1018
def ajd() @ajd end
            
amjd() click to toggle source

Get the date as an Astronomical Modified Julian Day Number.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1021
def amjd() self.class.ajd_to_amjd(@ajd) end
            
asctime() click to toggle source

alias_method :format, :strftime

 
               # File date/format.rb, line 336
def asctime() strftime('%c') end
            
Also aliased as: ctime
ctime() click to toggle source
Alias for: asctime
cwday() click to toggle source

Get the commercial day of the week of this date. Monday is commercial day-of-week 1; Sunday is commercial day-of-week 7.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1114
def cwday() commercial[2] end
            
cweek() click to toggle source

Get the commercial week of the year of this date.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1110
def cweek() commercial[1] end
            
cwyear() click to toggle source

Get the commercial year of this date. See Commercial Date in the introduction for how this differs from the normal year.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1107
def cwyear() commercial[0] end
            
day() click to toggle source
Alias for: mday
day_fraction() click to toggle source

Get any fractional day part of the date.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1029
def day_fraction() self.class.ajd_to_jd(@ajd, @of)[1] end
            
downto(min) click to toggle source

Step backward one day at a time until we reach min (inclusive), yielding each date as we go.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1329
def downto(min, &block) # :yield: date
  step(min, -1, &block)
end
            
england() click to toggle source

Create a copy of this Date object that uses the English/Colonial Day of Calendar Reform.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1170
def england() new_start(self.class::ENGLAND) end
            
eql?(other) click to toggle source

Is this Date equal to other?

other must both be a Date object, and represent the same date.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1336
def eql? (other) Date === other && self == other end
            
gregorian() click to toggle source

Create a copy of this Date object that always uses the Gregorian Calendar.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1178
def gregorian() new_start(self.class::GREGORIAN) end
            
gregorian?() click to toggle source

Is the current date new-style (Gregorian Calendar)?

 
               # File date.rb, line 1138
def gregorian? () self.class.gregorian?(jd, @sg) end
            
hash() click to toggle source

Calculate a hash value for this date.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1339
def hash() @ajd.hash end
            
hour() click to toggle source

Get the hour of this date.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1087
def hour() time[0] end
            
inspect() click to toggle source

Return internal object state as a programmer-readable string.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1342
def inspect() format('#<%s: %s,%s,%s>', self.class, @ajd, @of, @sg) end
            
italy() click to toggle source

Create a copy of this Date object that uses the Italian/Catholic Day of Calendar Reform.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1166
def italy() new_start(self.class::ITALY) end
            
jd() click to toggle source

Get the date as a Julian Day Number.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1026
def jd() self.class.ajd_to_jd(@ajd, @of)[0] end
            
julian() click to toggle source

Create a copy of this Date object that always uses the Julian Calendar.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1174
def julian() new_start(self.class::JULIAN) end
            
julian?() click to toggle source

Is the current date old-style (Julian Calendar)?

 
               # File date.rb, line 1135
def julian? () self.class.julian?(jd, @sg) end
            
ld() click to toggle source

Get the date as the number of days since the Day of Calendar Reform (in Italy and the Catholic countries).

 
               # File date.rb, line 1036
def ld() self.class.jd_to_ld(jd) end
            
leap?() click to toggle source

Is this a leap year?

 
               # File date.rb, line 1151
def leap?
  self.class.jd_to_civil(self.class.civil_to_jd(year, 3, 1, fix_style) - 1,
                   fix_style)[-1] == 29
end
            
mday() click to toggle source

Get the day-of-the-month of this date.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1069
def mday() civil[2] end
            
Also aliased as: day
min() click to toggle source

Get the minute of this date.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1090
def min() time[1] end
            
mjd() click to toggle source

Get the date as a Modified Julian Day Number.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1032
def mjd() self.class.jd_to_mjd(jd) end
            
mon() click to toggle source

Get the month of this date.

January is month 1.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1066
def mon() civil[1] end
            
Also aliased as: month
month() click to toggle source
Alias for: mon
new_offset(of=0) click to toggle source
 
               # File date.rb, line 1182
def new_offset(of=0)
  if String === of
    of = (self.class.zone_to_diff(of) || 0).to_r/86400
  end
  self.class.new!(@ajd, of, @sg)
end
            
new_start(sg=self.class::ITALY) click to toggle source

Create a copy of this Date object using a new Day of Calendar Reform.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1162
def new_start(sg=self.class::ITALY) self.class.new!(@ajd, @of, sg) end
            
next() click to toggle source

Return a new Date one day after this one.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1262
def next() next_day end
            
Also aliased as: succ
offset() click to toggle source
 
               # File date.rb, line 1180
def offset() @of end
            
sec() click to toggle source

Get the second of this date.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1093
def sec() time[2] end
            
sec_fraction() click to toggle source

Get the fraction-of-a-second of this date. The unit is in days. I do NOT recommend you to use this method.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1097
def sec_fraction() time[3] end
            
start() click to toggle source

When is the Day of Calendar Reform for this Date object?

 
               # File date.rb, line 1159
def start() @sg end
            
step(limit, step=1) click to toggle source

Step the current date forward step days at a time (or backward, if step is negative) until we reach limit (inclusive), yielding the resultant date at each step.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1306
  def step(limit, step=1) # :yield: date
=begin
    unless block_given?
      return to_enum(:step, limit, step)
    end
=end
    da = self
    op = %w(- <= >=)[step <=> 0]
    while da.__send__(op, limit)
      yield da
      da += step
    end
    self
  end
            
strftime(fmt='%F') click to toggle source
 
               # File date/format.rb, line 200
def strftime(fmt='%F')
  fmt.gsub(/%([-_0^#]+)?(\d+)?[EO]?(:{1,3}z|.)/m) do |m|
    f = {}
    s, w, c = $1, $2, $3
    if s
      s.scan(/./) do |k|
        case k
        when '-'; f[:p] = '-'
        when '_'; f[:p] = "\s"
        when '0'; f[:p] = '0'
        when '^'; f[:u] = true
        when '#'; f[:x] = true
        end
      end
    end
    if w
      f[:w] = w.to_i
    end
    case c
    when 'A'; emit_ad(DAYNAMES[wday], 0, f)
    when 'a'; emit_ad(ABBR_DAYNAMES[wday], 0, f)
    when 'B'; emit_ad(MONTHNAMES[mon], 0, f)
    when 'b'; emit_ad(ABBR_MONTHNAMES[mon], 0, f)
    when 'C'; emit_sn((year / 100).floor, 2, f)
    when 'c'; emit_a(strftime('%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y'), 0, f)
    when 'D'; emit_a(strftime('%m/%d/%y'), 0, f)
    when 'd'; emit_n(mday, 2, f)
    when 'e'; emit_a(mday, 2, f)
    when 'F'
      if m == '%F'
        format('%.4d-%02d-%02d', year, mon, mday) # 4p
      else
        emit_a(strftime('%Y-%m-%d'), 0, f)
      end
    when 'G'; emit_sn(cwyear, 4, f)
    when 'g'; emit_n(cwyear % 100, 2, f)
    when 'H'; emit_n(hour, 2, f)
    when 'h'; emit_ad(strftime('%b'), 0, f)
    when 'I'; emit_n((hour % 12).nonzero? || 12, 2, f)
    when 'j'; emit_n(yday, 3, f)
    when 'k'; emit_a(hour, 2, f)
    when 'L'
      emit_n((sec_fraction / (1.to_r/86400/(10**3))).floor, 3, f)
    when 'l'; emit_a((hour % 12).nonzero? || 12, 2, f)
    when 'M'; emit_n(min, 2, f)
    when 'm'; emit_n(mon, 2, f)
    when 'N'
      emit_n((sec_fraction / (1.to_r/86400/(10**9))).floor, 9, f)
    when 'n'; "\n"
    when 'P'; emit_ad(strftime('%p').downcase, 0, f)
    when 'p'; emit_au(if hour < 12 then 'AM' else 'PM' end, 0, f)
    when 'Q'
      d = ajd - self.class.jd_to_ajd(self.class::UNIXEPOCH, 0)
      s = (d * 86400*10**3).to_i
      emit_sn(s, 1, f)
    when 'R'; emit_a(strftime('%H:%M'), 0, f)
    when 'r'; emit_a(strftime('%I:%M:%S %p'), 0, f)
    when 'S'; emit_n(sec, 2, f)
    when 's'
      d = ajd - self.class.jd_to_ajd(self.class::UNIXEPOCH, 0)
      s = (d * 86400).to_i
      emit_sn(s, 1, f)
    when 'T'
      if m == '%T'
        format('%02d:%02d:%02d', hour, min, sec) # 4p
      else
        emit_a(strftime('%H:%M:%S'), 0, f)
      end
    when 't'; "\t"
    when 'U', 'W'
      emit_n(if c == 'U' then wnum0 else wnum1 end, 2, f)
    when 'u'; emit_n(cwday, 1, f)
    when 'V'; emit_n(cweek, 2, f)
    when 'v'; emit_a(strftime('%e-%b-%Y'), 0, f)
    when 'w'; emit_n(wday, 1, f)
    when 'X'; emit_a(strftime('%H:%M:%S'), 0, f)
    when 'x'; emit_a(strftime('%m/%d/%y'), 0, f)
    when 'Y'; emit_sn(year, 4, f)
    when 'y'; emit_n(year % 100, 2, f)
    when 'Z'; emit_au(strftime('%:z'), 0, f)
    when /\A(:{0,3})z/
      t = $1.size
      sign = if offset < 0 then -1 else +1 end
      fr = offset.abs
      hh, fr = fr.divmod(1.to_r/24)
      mm, fr = fr.divmod(1.to_r/1440)
      ss, fr = fr.divmod(1.to_r/86400)
      if t == 3
        if    ss.nonzero? then t =  2
        elsif mm.nonzero? then t =  1
        else                   t = -1
        end
      end
      case t
      when -1
        tail = []
        sep = ''
      when 0
        f[:w] -= 2 if f[:w]
        tail = ['%02d' % mm]
        sep = ''
      when 1
        f[:w] -= 3 if f[:w]
        tail = ['%02d' % mm]
        sep = ':'
      when 2
        f[:w] -= 6 if f[:w]
        tail = ['%02d' % mm, '%02d' % ss]
        sep = ':'
      end
      ([emit_z(sign * hh, 2, f)] + tail).join(sep)
    when '%'; emit_a('%', 0, f)
    when '+'; emit_a(strftime('%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y'), 0, f)
    when '1'
      if $VERBOSE
        warn("warning: strftime: %1 is deprecated; forget this")
      end
      emit_n(jd, 1, f)
    when '2'
      if $VERBOSE
        warn("warning: strftime: %2 is deprecated; use '%Y-%j'")
      end
      emit_a(strftime('%Y-%j'), 0, f)
    when '3'
      if $VERBOSE
        warn("warning: strftime: %3 is deprecated; use '%F'")
      end
      emit_a(strftime('%F'), 0, f)
    else
      c
    end
  end
end
            
succ() click to toggle source
Alias for: next
to_s() click to toggle source

Return the date as a human-readable string.

The format used is YYYY-MM-DD.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1347
def to_s() strftime end
            
upto(max) click to toggle source

Step forward one day at a time until we reach max (inclusive), yielding each date as we go.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1323
def upto(max, &block) # :yield: date
  step(max, +1, &block)
end
            
wday() click to toggle source

Get the week day of this date. Sunday is day-of-week 0; Saturday is day-of-week 6.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1118
def wday() self.class.jd_to_wday(jd) end
            
yday() click to toggle source

Get the day-of-the-year of this date.

January 1 is day-of-the-year 1

 
               # File date.rb, line 1061
def yday() ordinal[1] end
            
year() click to toggle source

Get the year of this date.

 
               # File date.rb, line 1056
def year() civil[0] end
            
zone() click to toggle source
 
               # File date.rb, line 1101
def zone() strftime('%:z') end