Class: Date

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• Date

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Includes:

DateAndTimeFormatting

Defined in:

merb-helpers/lib/merb-helpers/core_ext.rb

Instance Method Summary (collapse)

• - (Object) formatted(format = :default)
• - (Object) to_date
• - (Object) to_time(form = :utc)

  Converts a Date instance to a Time, where the time is set to the beginning of the day.

Methods included from DateAndTimeFormatting

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# File 'merb-helpers/lib/merb-helpers/core_ext.rb', line 25

def formatted(format=:default)
  format = Date.formats[format] 
  if format.nil?
    self.to_s 
  else
    self.strftime(format)
  end
end

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# File 'merb-helpers/lib/merb-helpers/core_ext.rb', line 23

def to_date; self; end

date = Date.new(2007, 11, 10)
date.to_s                      # => 2007-11-10

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

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# File 'merb-helpers/lib/merb-helpers/core_ext.rb', line 19

def to_time(form = :utc)
  ::Time.send("#{form}", year, month, day)
end