I have a date
my_date = Date.new( 2007, 1, 1 )
I then have a variable holding an integer
months_to_add = 4
How do i add ‘months_to_add’ to my_date’?
I have spent ages googeling and looking in o’reilly ruby cookbook but no
luck;(
Any ideas?
Ben
You can’t do it directly, date objects are immutable.
You could always get the date value from the object and then parse it,
add
the number of months you want and then create a new date object. That
seems
like a bit of a waste though. I would keep the date value in a string
and
manipulate it there, if and when I needed an actual date object with
that
value I would create a date object and give that out.
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And when I say string you could do better and use a hash or an array.
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On 7/3/07, Ben E. [email protected] wrote:
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Ben E. wrote:
I have a date
my_date = Date.new( 2007, 1, 1 )
I then have a variable holding an integer
months_to_add = 4
How do i add ‘months_to_add’ to my_date’?
I have spent ages googeling and looking in o’reilly ruby cookbook but no
luck;(Any ideas?
Ben
I would do it like this, if I didn’t mind loading some helpful
ActiveSupport junk:
irb> require ‘active_support/core_ext/numeric’
=> true
irb> require ‘active_support/core_ext/date’
=> true
irb> my_date = Date.new( 2007, 1, 1 )
=> #<Date: 4908203/2,0,2299161>
irb> my_time = my_date.to_time
=> Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 +0000 2007
irb> months_to_add = 4
=> 4
irb> new_time = my_time + months_to_add.months
=> Tue May 01 01:00:00 +0100 2007
irb> new_date = Date.new(new_time.year, new_time.month, new_time.day)
=> #<Date: 4908443/2,0,2299161>
best,
Dan
On 03/07/07, Glen H. [email protected] wrote:
manipulate it there, if and when I needed an actual date object with that
value I would create a date object and give that out.
This all seems like a lot of messing around for what should be a
standard operation. This type of thing must exist in one of the
standard libraries.
Ben
Ben E. wrote:
On 03/07/07, Glen H. [email protected] wrote:
manipulate it there, if and when I needed an actual date object with that
value I would create a date object and give that out.This all seems like a lot of messing around for what should be a
standard operation. This type of thing must exist in one of the
standard libraries.Ben
Actually, you are totally right. The ‘>>’ operator does what is
required:
irb> my_date = Date.new( 2007, 1, 1 )
=> #<Date: 4908203/2,0,2299161>
irb> my_date.to_s
=> “2007-01-01”
irb> (my_date >> 4).to_s
=> “2007-05-01”
best,
Dan
Daniel L. wrote:
Ben E. wrote:
On 03/07/07, Glen H. [email protected] wrote:
manipulate it there, if and when I needed an actual date object with that
value I would create a date object and give that out.This all seems like a lot of messing around for what should be a
standard operation. This type of thing must exist in one of the
standard libraries.Ben
Actually, you are totally right. The ‘>>’ operator does what is
required:irb> my_date = Date.new( 2007, 1, 1 )
=> #<Date: 4908203/2,0,2299161>irb> my_date.to_s
=> “2007-01-01”
irb> (my_date >> 4).to_s
=> “2007-05-01”best,
Dan
I couldn’t find any info about this operator >> with dates.
So, for example, if I have 2007-01-01 and I want to know the last day of
adding three months (2007-03-31) I would do:
d = Date.new(2007,1,1)
((d >> 3)-1).to_s
it works, but we can relay on this operations ?
regards,
rai
Ben E. wrote:
I have a date
my_date = Date.new( 2007, 1, 1 )
I then have a variable holding an integer
months_to_add = 4
How do i add ‘months_to_add’ to my_date’?
I have spent ages googeling and looking in o’reilly ruby cookbook but no
luck;(Any ideas?
Ben
I have not tried this but I know of something in rails that sounds
similar:
http://railshelp.com/ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Date::Calculations#months_ago
What if you could do something like this:
my_date = Date.new( 2007, 1, 1 )
months_to_add = 4
my_date = my_date.months_ago(months_to_add * -1)
Negative of months_ago could do it.
Shot in the dark but GL!
Lloyd L. wrote:
Ben E. wrote:
I have a date
my_date = Date.new( 2007, 1, 1 )
I then have a variable holding an integer
months_to_add = 4
How do i add ‘months_to_add’ to my_date’?
I have spent ages googeling and looking in o’reilly ruby cookbook but no
luck;(Any ideas?
Ben
I have not tried this but I know of something in rails that sounds
similar:
http://railshelp.com/ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Date::Calculations#months_ago
I wasn’t aware of this, thanks !!!
I’m using Rails so I’ll try to use it.
I prefer to do in Ruby if it’s possible …
What if you could do something like this:
my_date = Date.new( 2007, 1, 1 )
months_to_add = 4
my_date = my_date.months_ago(months_to_add * -1)Negative of months_ago could do it.
Shot in the dark but GL!
I’ll try it …
thanks,
rai
On 12/7/07, Raimon Fs [email protected] wrote:
I couldn’t find any info about this operator >> with dates.
So, for example, if I have 2007-01-01 and I want to know the last day of
adding three months (2007-03-31) I would do:d = Date.new(2007,1,1)
((d >> 3)-1).to_sit works, but we can relay on this operations ?
It’s standard Ruby
shadowfax:~/ssanta rick$ qri “Date#<<”
---------------------------------------------------------------- Date#<<
<<(n)
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.
shadowfax:~/ssanta rick$ qri “Date#>>”
---------------------------------------------------------------- Date#>>
>>(n)
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.
–
Rick DeNatale
My blog on Ruby
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/