Rails Date Parser 1
I became frustrated with date parsing in Rails and Ruby and so created a user friendly parser for dates. I wanted to avoid a big javascript library or using a date-picker widget. Quite frankly, when I am entering dates, I don't like to have to reach for the mouse and scroll through the dates.
So this is a simple to install simple to use extension to the ruby Date class. To use it simply copy the following code to a file named dateparse.rb and place it in the lib directory in your rails app. Then open up the application controller and and put require 'dateparse' at the top of the file. (Note: put it before the class declaration).
Then in your controller or view code use Date.parse_date() in place of Date.parse(). It recognizes the following formats
So this is a simple to install simple to use extension to the ruby Date class. To use it simply copy the following code to a file named dateparse.rb and place it in the lib directory in your rails app. Then open up the application controller and and put require 'dateparse' at the top of the file. (Note: put it before the class declaration).
Then in your controller or view code use Date.parse_date() in place of Date.parse(). It recognizes the following formats
YYYY-mm-dd ISO Standard
mm-dd-YYYY American
mm-dd Assume current year
mm/dd/YYYY American standard
mm/dd
mm.dd.yyyy European
dd.mm.yyyy
dd mmmmm yyyy example: 22 may 1945 or 22nd may 1945
dd mmmmm example: 22 may (current year)
mmmm dd yyyy example: may 22 1945 or may 22nd 1945
mmmm dd, yyyy example: may 22, 1945
mmmm dd example may 22 or may 22nd
dd example 4 or 4th
today (tod) or now common names for days and abbreviations
tomorrow (tom)
yesterday (yes)
Next Week, Last Week, Next Month, Last Month, Next Year, Last Year
+n[units] or -n[units]: Date from today: examples: '+22', '+22 days',
'+22d', '-4 weeks', '-4w', '-4week', '+6 months', '+6m', '+6month',
'-2 years', '-2y'