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Bug #13193 ยป doc_date_datetime.patch

stomar (Marcus Stollsteimer), 02/05/2017 09:50 AM

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ext/date/date_core.c
*
* Date.valid_jd?(2451944) #=> true
*
* See also jd.
* See also ::jd.
*/
static VALUE
date_s_valid_jd_p(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
......
* Date.valid_date?(2001,2,3) #=> true
* Date.valid_date?(2001,2,29) #=> false
*
* See also jd and civil.
* See also ::jd and ::civil.
*/
static VALUE
date_s_valid_civil_p(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
......
* Date.valid_ordinal?(2001,34) #=> true
* Date.valid_ordinal?(2001,366) #=> false
*
* See also jd and ordinal.
* See also ::jd and ::ordinal.
*/
static VALUE
date_s_valid_ordinal_p(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
......
* Date.valid_commercial?(2001,5,6) #=> true
* Date.valid_commercial?(2001,5,8) #=> false
*
* See also jd and commercial.
* See also ::jd and ::commercial.
*/
static VALUE
date_s_valid_commercial_p(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
......
* Date.jd(2451945) #=> #<Date: 2001-02-04 ...>
* Date.jd(0) #=> #<Date: -4712-01-01 ...>
*
* See also new.
* See also ::new.
*/
static VALUE
date_s_jd(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
......
* Date.ordinal(2001,34) #=> #<Date: 2001-02-03 ...>
* Date.ordinal(2001,-1) #=> #<Date: 2001-12-31 ...>
*
* See also jd and new.
* See also ::jd and ::new.
*/
static VALUE
date_s_ordinal(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
......
* Date.new(2001,2,3) #=> #<Date: 2001-02-03 ...>
* Date.new(2001,2,-1) #=> #<Date: 2001-02-28 ...>
*
* See also jd.
* See also ::jd.
*/
static VALUE
date_s_civil(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
......
* Date.commercial(2002) #=> #<Date: 2001-12-31 ...>
* Date.commercial(2001,5,6) #=> #<Date: 2001-02-03 ...>
*
* See also jd and new.
* See also ::jd and ::new.
*/
static VALUE
date_s_commercial(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
......
* call-seq:
* Date.today([start=Date::ITALY]) -> date
*
* Date.today #=> #<Date: 2011-06-11 ..>
*
* Creates a date object denoting the present day.
*
* Date.today #=> #<Date: 2011-06-11 ...>
*/
static VALUE
date_s_today(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
......
* Date._strptime('2001-02-03', '%Y-%m-%d')
* #=> {:year=>2001, :mon=>2, :mday=>3}
*
* See also strptime(3) and strftime.
* See also strptime(3) and #strftime.
*/
static VALUE
date_s__strptime(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
......
/*
* call-seq:
* Date.strptime([string='-4712-01-01'[, format='%F'[, start=ITALY]]]) -> date
* Date.strptime([string='-4712-01-01'[, format='%F'[, start=Date::ITALY]]]) -> date
*
* Parses the given representation of date and time with the given
* template, and creates a date object. strptime does not support
......
* Date.strptime('2001 05 6', '%Y %W %u') #=> #<Date: 2001-02-03 ...>
* Date.strptime('sat3feb01', '%a%d%b%y') #=> #<Date: 2001-02-03 ...>
*
* See also strptime(3) and strftime.
* See also strptime(3) and #strftime.
*/
static VALUE
date_s_strptime(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
......
/*
* call-seq:
* Date.parse(string='-4712-01-01'[, comp=true[, start=ITALY]]) -> date
* Date.parse(string='-4712-01-01'[, comp=true[, start=Date::ITALY]]) -> date
*
* Parses the given representation of date and time, and creates a
* date object. This method does not function as a validator.
......
/*
* call-seq:
* Date.iso8601(string='-4712-01-01'[, start=ITALY]) -> date
* Date.iso8601(string='-4712-01-01'[, start=Date::ITALY]) -> date
*
* Creates a new Date object by parsing from a string according to
* some typical ISO 8601 formats.
......
/*
* call-seq:
* Date.rfc3339(string='-4712-01-01T00:00:00+00:00'[, start=ITALY]) -> date
* Date.rfc3339(string='-4712-01-01T00:00:00+00:00'[, start=Date::ITALY]) -> date
*
* Creates a new Date object by parsing from a string according to
* some typical RFC 3339 formats.
......
/*
* call-seq:
* Date.xmlschema(string='-4712-01-01'[, start=ITALY]) -> date
* Date.xmlschema(string='-4712-01-01'[, start=Date::ITALY]) -> date
*
* Creates a new Date object by parsing from a string according to
* some typical XML Schema formats.
......
/*
* call-seq:
* Date.rfc2822(string='Mon, 1 Jan -4712 00:00:00 +0000'[, start=ITALY]) -> date
* Date.rfc822(string='Mon, 1 Jan -4712 00:00:00 +0000'[, start=ITALY]) -> date
* Date.rfc2822(string='Mon, 1 Jan -4712 00:00:00 +0000'[, start=Date::ITALY]) -> date
* Date.rfc822(string='Mon, 1 Jan -4712 00:00:00 +0000'[, start=Date::ITALY]) -> date
*
* Creates a new Date object by parsing from a string according to
* some typical RFC 2822 formats.
......
/*
* call-seq:
* Date.httpdate(string='Mon, 01 Jan -4712 00:00:00 GMT'[, start=ITALY]) -> date
* Date.httpdate(string='Mon, 01 Jan -4712 00:00:00 GMT'[, start=Date::ITALY]) -> date
*
* Creates a new Date object by parsing from a string according to
* some RFC 2616 format.
......
/*
* call-seq:
* Date.jisx0301(string='-4712-01-01'[, start=ITALY]) -> date
* Date.jisx0301(string='-4712-01-01'[, start=Date::ITALY]) -> date
*
* Creates a new Date object by parsing from a string according to
* some typical JIS X 0301 formats.
......
* call-seq:
* d.new_start([start=Date::ITALY]) -> date
*
* Duplicates self and resets its the day of calendar reform.
* Duplicates self and resets its day of calendar reform.
*
* d = Date.new(1582,10,15)
* d.new_start(Date::JULIAN) #=> #<Date: 1582-10-05 ...>
......
* call-seq:
* d + other -> date
*
* Returns a date object pointing other days after self. The other
* should be a numeric value. If the other is flonum, assumes its
* precision is at most nanosecond.
* Returns a date object pointing +other+ days after self. The other
* should be a numeric value. If the other is a fractional number,
* assumes its precision is at most nanosecond.
*
* Date.new(2001,2,3) + 1 #=> #<Date: 2001-02-04 ...>
* DateTime.new(2001,2,3) + Rational(1,2)
......
*
* Returns the difference between the two dates if the other is a date
* object. If the other is a numeric value, returns a date object
* pointing other days before self. If the other is flonum, assumes
* its precision is at most nanosecond.
* pointing +other+ days before self. If the other is a fractional number,
* assumes its precision is at most nanosecond.
*
* Date.new(2001,2,3) - 1 #=> #<Date: 2001-02-02 ...>
* DateTime.new(2001,2,3) - Rational(1,2)
......
* call-seq:
* d >> n -> date
*
* Returns a date object pointing n months after self. The n should
* be a numeric value.
* Returns a date object pointing +n+ months after self.
* The argument +n+ should be a numeric value.
*
* Date.new(2001,2,3) >> 1 #=> #<Date: 2001-03-03 ...>
* Date.new(2001,1,31) >> 1 #=> #<Date: 2001-02-28 ...>
* Date.new(2001,2,3) >> -2 #=> #<Date: 2000-12-03 ...>
* Date.new(2001,2,3) >> 1 #=> #<Date: 2001-03-03 ...>
* Date.new(2001,1,30) >> 1 #=> #<Date: 2001-02-28 ...>
* Date.new(2001,1,31) >> 1 #=> #<Date: 2001-02-28 ...>
* Date.new(2001,2,3) >> -2 #=> #<Date: 2000-12-03 ...>
*/
static VALUE
d_lite_rshift(VALUE self, VALUE other)
......
* call-seq:
* d << n -> date
*
* Returns a date object pointing n months before self. The n should
* be a numeric value.
* Returns a date object pointing +n+ months before self.
* The argument +n+ should be a numeric value.
*
* Date.new(2001,2,3) << 1 #=> #<Date: 2001-01-03 ...>
* Date.new(2001,1,31) << 11 #=> #<Date: 2000-02-29 ...>
* Date.new(2001,2,3) << -1 #=> #<Date: 2001-03-03 ...>
* Date.new(2001,2,3) << 1 #=> #<Date: 2001-01-03 ...>
* Date.new(2001,1,30) << 11 #=> #<Date: 2000-02-29 ...>
* Date.new(2001,1,31) << 11 #=> #<Date: 2000-02-29 ...>
* Date.new(2001,2,3) << -1 #=> #<Date: 2001-03-03 ...>
*/
static VALUE
d_lite_lshift(VALUE self, VALUE other)
......
* call-seq:
* d.next_month([n=1]) -> date
*
* This method is equivalent to d >> n
* This method is equivalent to d >> n.
*/
static VALUE
d_lite_next_month(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
......
* call-seq:
* d.prev_month([n=1]) -> date
*
* This method is equivalent to d << n
* This method is equivalent to d << n.
*/
static VALUE
d_lite_prev_month(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
......
* call-seq:
* d.next_year([n=1]) -> date
*
* This method is equivalent to d >> (n * 12)
* This method is equivalent to d >> (n * 12).
*/
static VALUE
d_lite_next_year(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
......
* call-seq:
* d.prev_year([n=1]) -> date
*
* This method is equivalent to d << (n * 12)
* This method is equivalent to d << (n * 12).
*/
static VALUE
d_lite_prev_year(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
......
* should be a date object or a numeric value as an astronomical
* Julian day number.
*
* Date.new(2001,2,3) <=> Date.new(2001,2,4) #=> -1
* Date.new(2001,2,3) <=> Date.new(2001,2,3) #=> 0
* Date.new(2001,2,3) <=> Date.new(2001,2,2) #=> 1
* Date.new(2001,2,3) <=> Object.new #=> nil
* Date.new(2001,2,3) <=> Rational(4903887,2)#=> 0
* Date.new(2001,2,3) <=> Date.new(2001,2,4) #=> -1
* Date.new(2001,2,3) <=> Date.new(2001,2,3) #=> 0
* Date.new(2001,2,3) <=> Date.new(2001,2,2) #=> 1
* Date.new(2001,2,3) <=> Object.new #=> nil
* Date.new(2001,2,3) <=> Rational(4903887,2) #=> 0
*
* See also Comparable.
*/
......
* call-seq:
* d.to_s -> string
*
* Returns a string in an ISO 8601 format (This method doesn't use the
* expanded representations).
* Returns a string in an ISO 8601 format. (This method doesn't use the
* expanded representations.)
*
* Date.new(2001,2,3).to_s #=> "2001-02-03"
*/
......
*
* Formats date according to the directives in the given format
* string.
* The directives begins with a percent (%) character.
* The directives begin with a percent (%) character.
* Any text not listed as a directive will be passed through to the
* output string.
*
......
* %T - 24-hour time (%H:%M:%S)
* %+ - date(1) (%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y)
*
* This method is similar to strftime() function defined in ISO C and POSIX.
* This method is similar to the strftime() function defined in ISO C
* and POSIX.
* Several directives (%a, %A, %b, %B, %c, %p, %r, %x, %X, %E*, %O* and %Z)
* are locale dependent in the function.
* However this method is locale independent.
* So, the result may differ even if a same format string is used in other
* However, this method is locale independent.
* So, the result may differ even if the same format string is used in other
* systems such as C.
* It is good practice to avoid %x and %X because there are corresponding
* locale independent representations, %D and %T.
......
* %GW%V%uT%H%M%z => 2007W471T0837-0600 Week date and local time and difference from UTC (basic)
* %G-W%V-%uT%R%:z => 2007-W47-1T08:37-06:00 Week date and local time and difference from UTC (extended)
*
* See also strftime(3) and strptime.
* See also strftime(3) and ::strptime.
*/
static VALUE
d_lite_strftime(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
......
* call-seq:
* DateTime.jd([jd=0[, hour=0[, minute=0[, second=0[, offset=0[, start=Date::ITALY]]]]]]) -> datetime
*
* Creates a datetime object denoting the given chronological Julian
* Creates a DateTime object denoting the given chronological Julian
* day number.
*
* DateTime.jd(2451944) #=> #<DateTime: 2001-02-03T00:00:00+00:00 ...>
......
* call-seq:
* DateTime.ordinal([year=-4712[, yday=1[, hour=0[, minute=0[, second=0[, offset=0[, start=Date::ITALY]]]]]]]) -> datetime
*
* Creates a date-time object denoting the given ordinal date.
* Creates a DateTime object denoting the given ordinal date.
*
* DateTime.ordinal(2001,34) #=> #<DateTime: 2001-02-03T00:00:00+00:00 ...>
* DateTime.ordinal(2001,34,4,5,6,'+7')
......
* DateTime.civil([year=-4712[, month=1[, mday=1[, hour=0[, minute=0[, second=0[, offset=0[, start=Date::ITALY]]]]]]]]) -> datetime
* DateTime.new([year=-4712[, month=1[, mday=1[, hour=0[, minute=0[, second=0[, offset=0[, start=Date::ITALY]]]]]]]]) -> datetime
*
* Creates a date-time object denoting the given calendar date.
* Creates a DateTime object denoting the given calendar date.
*
* DateTime.new(2001,2,3) #=> #<DateTime: 2001-02-03T00:00:00+00:00 ...>
* DateTime.new(2001,2,3,4,5,6,'+7')
......
* call-seq:
* DateTime.commercial([cwyear=-4712[, cweek=1[, cwday=1[, hour=0[, minute=0[, second=0[, offset=0[, start=Date::ITALY]]]]]]]]) -> datetime
*
* Creates a date-time object denoting the given week date.
* Creates a DateTime object denoting the given week date.
*
* DateTime.commercial(2001) #=> #<DateTime: 2001-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 ...>
* DateTime.commercial(2002) #=> #<DateTime: 2001-12-31T00:00:00+00:00 ...>
......
* call-seq:
* DateTime.now([start=Date::ITALY]) -> datetime
*
* Creates a date-time object denoting the present time.
* Creates a DateTime object denoting the present time.
*
* DateTime.now #=> #<DateTime: 2011-06-11T21:20:44+09:00 ...>
*/
......
* template, and returns a hash of parsed elements. _strptime does
* not support specification of flags and width unlike strftime.
*
* See also strptime(3) and strftime.
* See also strptime(3) and #strftime.
*/
static VALUE
datetime_s__strptime(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
......
/*
* call-seq:
* DateTime.strptime([string='-4712-01-01T00:00:00+00:00'[, format='%FT%T%z'[ ,start=ITALY]]]) -> datetime
* DateTime.strptime([string='-4712-01-01T00:00:00+00:00'[, format='%FT%T%z'[ ,start=Date::ITALY]]]) -> datetime
*
* Parses the given representation of date and time with the given
* template, and creates a date object. strptime does not support
* template, and creates a DateTime object. strptime does not support
* specification of flags and width unlike strftime.
*
* DateTime.strptime('2001-02-03T04:05:06+07:00', '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z')
......
* DateTime.strptime('sat3feb014pm+7', '%a%d%b%y%H%p%z')
* #=> #<DateTime: 2001-02-03T16:00:00+07:00 ...>
*
* See also strptime(3) and strftime.
* See also strptime(3) and #strftime.
*/
static VALUE
datetime_s_strptime(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
......
/*
* call-seq:
* DateTime.parse(string='-4712-01-01T00:00:00+00:00'[, comp=true[, start=ITALY]]) -> datetime
* DateTime.parse(string='-4712-01-01T00:00:00+00:00'[, comp=true[, start=Date::ITALY]]) -> datetime
*
* Parses the given representation of date and time, and creates a
* date object. This method does not function as a validator.
* DateTime object. This method does not function as a validator.
*
* If the optional second argument is true and the detected year is in
* the range "00" to "99", makes it full.
......
/*
* call-seq:
* DateTime.iso8601(string='-4712-01-01T00:00:00+00:00'[, start=ITALY]) -> datetime
* DateTime.iso8601(string='-4712-01-01T00:00:00+00:00'[, start=Date::ITALY]) -> datetime
*
* Creates a new Date object by parsing from a string according to
* Creates a new DateTime object by parsing from a string according to
* some typical ISO 8601 formats.
*
* DateTime.iso8601('2001-02-03T04:05:06+07:00')
......
/*
* call-seq:
* DateTime.rfc3339(string='-4712-01-01T00:00:00+00:00'[, start=ITALY]) -> datetime
* DateTime.rfc3339(string='-4712-01-01T00:00:00+00:00'[, start=Date::ITALY]) -> datetime
*
* Creates a new Date object by parsing from a string according to
* Creates a new DateTime object by parsing from a string according to
* some typical RFC 3339 formats.
*
* DateTime.rfc3339('2001-02-03T04:05:06+07:00')
......
/*
* call-seq:
* DateTime.xmlschema(string='-4712-01-01T00:00:00+00:00'[, start=ITALY]) -> datetime
* DateTime.xmlschema(string='-4712-01-01T00:00:00+00:00'[, start=Date::ITALY]) -> datetime
*
* Creates a new Date object by parsing from a string according to
* Creates a new DateTime object by parsing from a string according to
* some typical XML Schema formats.
*
* DateTime.xmlschema('2001-02-03T04:05:06+07:00')
......
/*
* call-seq:
* DateTime.rfc2822(string='Mon, 1 Jan -4712 00:00:00 +0000'[, start=ITALY]) -> datetime
* DateTime.rfc822(string='Mon, 1 Jan -4712 00:00:00 +0000'[, start=ITALY]) -> datetime
* DateTime.rfc2822(string='Mon, 1 Jan -4712 00:00:00 +0000'[, start=Date::ITALY]) -> datetime
* DateTime.rfc822(string='Mon, 1 Jan -4712 00:00:00 +0000'[, start=Date::ITALY]) -> datetime
*
* Creates a new Date object by parsing from a string according to
* Creates a new DateTime object by parsing from a string according to
* some typical RFC 2822 formats.
*
* DateTime.rfc2822('Sat, 3 Feb 2001 04:05:06 +0700')
......
/*
* call-seq:
* DateTime.httpdate(string='Mon, 01 Jan -4712 00:00:00 GMT'[, start=ITALY]) -> datetime
* DateTime.httpdate(string='Mon, 01 Jan -4712 00:00:00 GMT'[, start=Date::ITALY]) -> datetime
*
* Creates a new Date object by parsing from a string according to
* Creates a new DateTime object by parsing from a string according to
* some RFC 2616 format.
*
* DateTime.httpdate('Sat, 03 Feb 2001 04:05:06 GMT')
......
/*
* call-seq:
* DateTime.jisx0301(string='-4712-01-01T00:00:00+00:00'[, start=ITALY]) -> datetime
* DateTime.jisx0301(string='-4712-01-01T00:00:00+00:00'[, start=Date::ITALY]) -> datetime
*
* Creates a new Date object by parsing from a string according to
* Creates a new DateTime object by parsing from a string according to
* some typical JIS X 0301 formats.
*
* DateTime.jisx0301('H13.02.03T04:05:06+07:00')
......
* call-seq:
* dt.to_s -> string
*
* Returns a string in an ISO 8601 format (This method doesn't use the
* expanded representations).
* Returns a string in an ISO 8601 format. (This method doesn't use the
* expanded representations.)
*
* DateTime.new(2001,2,3,4,5,6,'-7').to_s
* #=> "2001-02-03T04:05:06-07:00"
......
*
* Formats date according to the directives in the given format
* string.
* The directives begins with a percent (%) character.
* The directives begin with a percent (%) character.
* Any text not listed as a directive will be passed through to the
* output string.
*
......
*
* The minimum field width specifies the minimum width.
*
* The modifier is "E" and "O".
* The modifiers are "E" and "O".
* They are ignored.
*
* Format directives:
......
* %T - 24-hour time (%H:%M:%S)
* %+ - date(1) (%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y)
*
* This method is similar to strftime() function defined in ISO C and POSIX.
* This method is similar to the strftime() function defined in ISO C
* and POSIX.
* Several directives (%a, %A, %b, %B, %c, %p, %r, %x, %X, %E*, %O* and %Z)
* are locale dependent in the function.
* However this method is locale independent.
* So, the result may differ even if a same format string is used in other
* However, this method is locale independent.
* So, the result may differ even if the same format string is used in other
* systems such as C.
* It is good practice to avoid %x and %X because there are corresponding
* locale independent representations, %D and %T.
......
* %GW%V%uT%H%M%z => 2007W471T0837-0600 Week date and local time and difference from UTC (basic)
* %G-W%V-%uT%R%:z => 2007-W47-1T08:37-06:00 Week date and local time and difference from UTC (extended)
*
* See also strftime(3) and strptime.
* See also strftime(3) and ::strptime.
*/
static VALUE
dt_lite_strftime(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
......
* dt.xmlschema([n=0]) -> string
*
* This method is equivalent to strftime('%FT%T'). The optional
* argument n is length of fractional seconds.
* argument +n+ is the number of digits for fractional seconds.
*
* DateTime.parse('2001-02-03T04:05:06.123456789+07:00').iso8601(9)
* #=> "2001-02-03T04:05:06.123456789+07:00"
......
/*
* date and datetime class - Tadayoshi Funaba 1998-2011
*
* 'date' provides two classes Date and DateTime.
* 'date' provides two classes: Date and DateTime.
*
* == Terms and definitions
* == Terms and Definitions
*
* Some terms and definitions are based on ISO 8601 and JIS X 0301.
*
* === calendar date
* === Calendar Date
*
* The calendar date is a particular day of a calendar year,
* identified by its ordinal number within a calendar month within
......
*
* In those classes, this is so-called "civil".
*
* === ordinal date
* === Ordinal Date
*
* The ordinal date is a particular day of a calendar year identified
* by its ordinal number within the year.
*
* In those classes, this is so-called "ordinal".
*
* === week date
* === Week Date
*
* The week date is a date identified by calendar week and day numbers.
*
......
* includes the first Thursday of that year. In the Gregorian
* calendar, this is equivalent to the week which includes January 4.
*
* In those classes, this so-called "commercial".
* In those classes, this is so-called "commercial".
*
* === julian day number
* === Julian Day Number
*
* The Julian day number is in elapsed days since noon (Greenwich mean
* time) on January 1, 4713 BCE (in the Julian calendar).
* The Julian day number is in elapsed days since noon (Greenwich Mean
* Time) on January 1, 4713 BCE (in the Julian calendar).
*
* In this document, the astronomical Julian day number is same as the
* original Julian day number. And the chronological Julian day
* In this document, the astronomical Julian day number is the same as
* the original Julian day number. And the chronological Julian day
* number is a variation of the Julian day number. Its days begin at
* midnight on local time.
*
......
*
* In those classes, those are so-called "ajd" and "jd".
*
* === modified julian day number
* === Modified Julian Day Number
*
* The modified Julian day number is in elapsed days since midnight
* (Coordinated universal time) on November 17, 1858 CE (in the
* (Coordinated Universal Time) on November 17, 1858 CE (in the
* Gregorian calendar).
*
* In this document, the astronomical modified Julian day number is
* same as the original modified Julian day number. And the
* the same as the original modified Julian day number. And the
* chronological modified Julian day number is a variation of the
* modified Julian day number. Its days begin at midnight on local
* time.
......
* appears, it just refers to "chronological modified Julian day
* number", not the original.
*
* In those classes, this is so-called "mjd".
* In those classes, those are so-called "amjd" and "mjd".
*
* == Date
*
* A subclass of Object that includes Comparable module and easily handles
* date.
* A subclass of Object that includes the Comparable module and
* easily handles date.
*
* Date object is created with Date::new, Date::jd, Date::ordinal,
* A Date object is created with Date::new, Date::jd, Date::ordinal,
* Date::commercial, Date::parse, Date::strptime, Date::today,
* Time#to_date or etc.
* Time#to_date, etc.
*
* require 'date'
*
......
*
* All date objects are immutable; hence cannot modify themselves.
*
* The concept of this date object can be represented as a tuple
* The concept of a date object can be represented as a tuple
* of the day count, the offset and the day of calendar reform.
*
* The day count denotes the absolute position of a temporal
......
* The offset in this class is usually zero, and cannot be
* specified directly.
*
* An optional argument the day of calendar reform (start) as a
* Julian day number, which should be 2298874 to 2426355 or -/+oo.
* The default value is Date::ITALY (2299161=1582-10-15). See
* also sample/cal.rb.
* A Date object can be created with an optional argument,
* the day of calendar reform as a Julian day number, which
* should be 2298874 to 2426355 or negative/positive infinity.
* The default value is +Date::ITALY+ (2299161=1582-10-15).
* See also sample/cal.rb.
*
* $ ruby sample/cal.rb -c it 10 1582
* October 1582
......
* 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
* 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
*
* Date object has various methods. See each reference.
* A Date object has various methods. See each reference.
*
* d = Date.parse('3rd Feb 2001')
* #=> #<Date: 2001-02-03 ...>
......
rb_define_const(cDate, "ENGLAND", INT2FIX(ENGLAND));
/* The Julian day number of the day of calendar reform for the
* proleptic Julian calendar
* proleptic Julian calendar.
*/
rb_define_const(cDate, "JULIAN", DBL2NUM(JULIAN));
/* The Julian day number of the day of calendar reform for the
* proleptic Gregorian calendar
* proleptic Gregorian calendar.
*/
rb_define_const(cDate, "GREGORIAN", DBL2NUM(GREGORIAN));
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/*
* == DateTime
*
* A subclass of Date that easily handles date, hour, minute, second and
* offset.
* A subclass of Date that easily handles date, hour, minute, second,
* and offset.
*
* DateTime does not consider any leap seconds, does not track
* any summer time rules.
*
* DateTime object is created with DateTime::new, DateTime::jd,
* A DateTime object is created with DateTime::new, DateTime::jd,
* DateTime::ordinal, DateTime::commercial, DateTime::parse,
* DateTime::strptime, DateTime::now, Time#to_datetime or etc.
* DateTime::strptime, DateTime::now, Time#to_datetime, etc.
*
* require 'date'
*
* DateTime.new(2001,2,3,4,5,6)
* #=> #<DateTime: 2001-02-03T04:05:06+00:00 ...>
*
* The last element of day, hour, minute or second can be
* The last element of day, hour, minute, or second can be a
* fractional number. The fractional number's precision is assumed
* at most nanosecond.
*
* DateTime.new(2001,2,3.5)
* #=> #<DateTime: 2001-02-03T12:00:00+00:00 ...>
*
* An optional argument the offset indicates the difference
* An optional argument, the offset, indicates the difference
* between the local time and UTC. For example, <tt>Rational(3,24)</tt>
* represents ahead of 3 hours of UTC, <tt>Rational(-5,24)</tt> represents
* behind of 5 hours of UTC. The offset should be -1 to +1, and
* its precision is assumed at most second. The default value is
* zero(equals to UTC).
* zero (equals to UTC).
*
* DateTime.new(2001,2,3,4,5,6,Rational(3,24))
* #=> #<DateTime: 2001-02-03T04:05:06+03:00 ...>
*
* also accepts string form.
* The offset also accepts string form:
*
* DateTime.new(2001,2,3,4,5,6,'+03:00')
* #=> #<DateTime: 2001-02-03T04:05:06+03:00 ...>
*
* An optional argument the day of calendar reform (start) denotes
* An optional argument, the day of calendar reform (+start+), denotes
* a Julian day number, which should be 2298874 to 2426355 or
* -/+oo. The default value is +Date::ITALY+ (2299161=1582-10-15).
* negative/positive infinity.
* The default value is +Date::ITALY+ (2299161=1582-10-15).
*
* DateTime object has various methods. See each reference.
* A DateTime object has various methods. See each reference.
*
* d = DateTime.parse('3rd Feb 2001 04:05:06+03:30')
* #=> #<DateTime: 2001-02-03T04:05:06+03:30 ...>
......
* died on the same day in history -
* so much so that UNESCO named April 23 as
* {World Book Day because of this fact}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Book_Day].
* However because England hadn't yet adopted
* However, because England hadn't yet adopted the
* {Gregorian Calendar Reform}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar#Gregorian_reform]
* (and wouldn't until {1752}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_(New_Style)_Act_1750])
* their deaths are actually 10 days apart.
* Since Ruby's Time class implements a
* {proleptic Gregorian calendar}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proleptic_Gregorian_calendar]
* and has no concept of calendar reform then there's no way
* to express this. This is where DateTime steps in:
* and has no concept of calendar reform there's no way
* to express this with Time objects. This is where DateTime steps in:
*
* shakespeare = DateTime.iso8601('1616-04-23', Date::ENGLAND)
* #=> Tue, 23 Apr 1616 00:00:00 +0000
* cervantes = DateTime.iso8601('1616-04-23', Date::ITALY)
* #=> Sat, 23 Apr 1616 00:00:00 +0000
*
* Already you can see something's weird - the days of the week
* are different, taking this further:
* Already you can see something is weird - the days of the week
* are different. Taking this further:
*
* cervantes == shakespeare
* #=> false
    (1-1/1)