class Date
Public Class Methods
diff(start_date, end_date)
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# File lib/date_diff.rb, line 8 def self.diff(start_date, end_date) common_year_days_in_month = [ 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31] start_date, end_date = end_date, start_date if start_date > end_date start_date_year, start_date_month, start_date_day = start_date.year, start_date.month, start_date.day end_date_year, end_date_month, end_date_day = end_date.year, end_date.month, end_date.day day_difference = end_date_day - start_date_day if (day_difference < 0) day_difference = common_year_days_in_month[start_date_month-1] - start_date_day + end_date_day end_date_month -= 1 end if (end_date_month < 0) end_date_month += 12 end_date_year -= 1 end month_difference = end_date_month - start_date_month if (month_difference < 0) month_difference += 12 end_date_year -= 1 end year_difference = end_date_year - start_date_year difference_hash = { :year => year_difference, :month => month_difference, :day => day_difference } difference_array = [] ["year", "month", "day"].each do |key| value = difference_hash[key.to_sym] difference_array << value.to_s + " " + ((value > 1)? I18n.t(key.to_s.pluralize, :default => key.to_s.pluralize.to_s) : I18n.t(key.to_s, :default => key.to_s)).to_s if value > 0 end difference_hash[:difference] = difference_array.join(" ").to_s difference_hash end