instiki/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb

module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
  module CoreExtensions #:nodoc:
    module Date #:nodoc:
      # Getting dates in different convenient string representations and other objects
      module Conversions
        DATE_FORMATS = {
          :short        => "%e %b",
          :long         => "%B %e, %Y",
          :db           => "%Y-%m-%d",
          :long_ordinal => lambda { |date| date.strftime("%B #{date.day.ordinalize}, %Y") }, # => "April 25th, 2007"
          :rfc822       => "%e %b %Y"
        }

        def self.included(base) #:nodoc:
          base.instance_eval do
            alias_method :to_default_s, :to_s
            alias_method :to_s, :to_formatted_s
            alias_method :default_inspect, :inspect
            alias_method :inspect, :readable_inspect

            # Ruby 1.9 has Date#to_time which converts to localtime only.
            remove_method :to_time if base.instance_methods.include?(:to_time)

            # Ruby 1.9 has Date#xmlschema which converts to a string without the time component.
            remove_method :xmlschema if base.instance_methods.include?(:xmlschema)
          end
        end

        # Convert to a formatted string - see DATE_FORMATS for predefined formats.
        # You can also add your own formats to the DATE_FORMATS constant and use them with this method.
        #
        # This method is also aliased as <tt>to_s</tt>.
        #
        # ==== Examples:
        #   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(:long)          # => "November 10, 2007"
        #   date.to_formatted_s(:long_ordinal)  # => "November 10th, 2007"
        #   date.to_formatted_s(:rfc822)        # => "10 Nov 2007"
        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

        # Overrides the default inspect method with a human readable one, e.g., "Mon, 21 Feb 2005"
        def readable_inspect
          strftime("%a, %d %b %Y")
        end

        # A method to keep Time, Date and DateTime instances interchangeable on conversions.
        # In this case, it simply returns +self+.
        def to_date
          self
        end if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9'

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

        # Converts a Date instance to a DateTime, where the time is set to the beginning of the day
        # and UTC offset is set to 0.
        #
        # ==== Example:
        #   date = Date.new(2007, 11, 10)  # => Sat, 10 Nov 2007
        #
        #   date.to_datetime               # => Sat, 10 Nov 2007 00:00:00 0000
        def to_datetime
          ::DateTime.civil(year, month, day, 0, 0, 0, 0)
        end if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9'

        def xmlschema
          to_time.xmlschema
        end
      end
    end
  end
end