http://www.yup.com/articles/2006/09/20/ruby-on-rails-date_finder-plugin en-us 40 Advanced Web Services <p>Jonathan Viney of New Zealand has announced his <code>date_finder</code> plugin for Ruby on Rails. The plugin allows the following types of actions:</p> <ul> <li>To find the next five Mondays and Fridays:</li> </ul> <div class="typocode"><pre><code class="typocode_ruby "><span class="constant">DateFinderBase</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">weekly</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">day</span><span class="punct">(</span><span class="symbol">:monday</span><span class="punct">).</span><span class="ident">day</span><span class="punct">(</span><span class="symbol">:friday</span><span class="punct">).</span><span class="ident">find</span><span class="punct">(</span><span class="symbol">:max</span> <span class="punct">=&gt;</span> <span class="number">5</span><span class="punct">)</span></code></pre></div> <ul> <li>To find the 10th of the month for the next five months:</li> </ul> <div class="typocode"><pre><code class="typocode_ruby "><span class="constant">DateFinderBase</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">monthly</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">day_number</span><span class="punct">(</span><span class="number">10</span><span class="punct">).</span><span class="ident">find</span><span class="punct">(</span><span class="symbol">:max</span> <span class="punct">=&gt;</span> <span class="number">5</span><span class="punct">)</span></code></pre></div> <ul> <li>To find the last Thursday in September for the next 3 years</li> </ul> <div class="typocode"><pre><code class="typocode_ruby "><span class="constant">DateFinderBase</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">yearly</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">month</span> <span class="punct">(</span><span class="symbol">:september</span><span class="punct">).</span><span class="ident">day</span><span class="punct">(</span><span class="symbol">:thursday</span><span class="punct">).</span><span class="ident">day_occurrence</span><span class="punct">(</span><span class="symbol">:last</span><span class="punct">).</span><span class="ident">find</span><span class="punct">(</span><span class="symbol">:max</span> <span class="punct">=&gt;</span> <span class="number">3</span><span class="punct">)</span></code></pre></div> <ul> <li>To find the next 5 Wednesdays on a fortnightly basis (skips every second week):</li> </ul> <div class="typocode"><pre><code class="typocode_ruby "><span class="constant">DateFinderBase</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">weekly</span><span class="punct">(</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="punct">).</span><span class="ident">day</span><span class="punct">(</span><span class="symbol">:wednesday</span><span class="punct">).</span><span class="ident">find</span><span class="punct">(</span><span class="symbol">:max</span> <span class="punct">=&gt;</span> <span class="number">5</span><span class="punct">)</span></code></pre></div> <p>To install, execute <code>script/plugin install http://svn.viney.net.nz/things/rails/plugins/date_finder</code>. </p> <p>Thanks, Jonathan.</p> <p><a href="http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/date_finder">Date Finder @ Ruby Plugins Directory</a></p> Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:07:00 -0400 urn:uuid:3961e8ff-4344-47f7-82ff-f911e74ef7a6 Daniel Butler http://www.yup.com/articles/2006/09/20/ruby-on-rails-date_finder-plugin Ruby on Rails plugin