class ICalPal::RDT

Child class of DateTime that adds support for relative dates (RelativeDateTime).

def self.conv(str)

Returns:
  • (RDT) - a new RDT

Parameters:
  • str (String) -- can be +yesterday+, +today+, +tomorrow+, 
def self.conv(str)
  case str
  when 'yesterday' then $today - 1
  when 'today' then $today
  when 'tomorrow' then $today + 1
  when /^\+([0-9]+)/ then $today + Regexp.last_match(1).to_i
  when /^-([0-9]+)/ then $today - Regexp.last_match(1).to_i
  else parse(str)
  end
end

def self.from_epoch(s)

Create a new RDT from seconds since epoch 
def self.from_epoch(s)
  from_time(Time.at(s))
end

def self.from_itime(s)

Create a new RDT from seconds since iCal epoch 
def self.from_itime(s)
  from_epoch(s + ITIME)
end

def self.from_time(t)

Create a new RDT from a Time object 
def self.from_time(t)
  new(*t.to_a[0..5].reverse)
end

def ==(other)

Returns:
  • (Boolean) -

Other tags:
    See: ICalPal::RDT.to_s - 
def ==(other)
  self.to_s == other.to_s
end

def to_a

Returns:
  • (Array) - Self as an array

Other tags:
    See: Time.to_a - 
def to_a
  [ year, month, day, hour, min, sec ]
end

def to_i

Returns:
  • (Integer) - Seconds since epoch 
def to_i
  to_time.to_i
end

def to_s

Returns:
  • (String) - A string representation of self relative to 
def to_s
  return strftime($opts[:df]) if $opts && $opts[:nrd] && $opts[:df]
  case Integer(RDT.new(year, month, day) - $today)
  when -2 then 'day before yesterday'
  when -1 then 'yesterday'
  when 0 then 'today'
  when 1 then 'tomorrow'
  when 2 then 'day after tomorrow'
  else strftime($opts[:df]) if $opts && $opts[:df]
  end
end

def ymd

Returns:
  • (Array) - Only the year, month and day of self 
def ymd
  [ year, month, day ]
end