activesupport 2.3.18 → 3.0.0.beta

data/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/multibyte.rb

@@ -1,80 +1,74 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
+require 'active_support/multibyte'
 
-module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
-  module CoreExtensions #:nodoc:
-    module String #:nodoc:
-      # Implements multibyte methods for easier access to multibyte characters in a String instance.
-      module Multibyte
-        unless '1.9'.respond_to?(:force_encoding)
-          # == Multibyte proxy
-          #
-          # +mb_chars+ is a multibyte safe proxy for string methods.
-          #
-          # In Ruby 1.8 and older it creates and returns an instance of the ActiveSupport::Multibyte::Chars class which
-          # encapsulates the original string. A Unicode safe version of all the String methods are defined on this proxy
-          # class. If the proxy class doesn't respond to a certain method, it's forwarded to the encapsuled string.
-          #
-          #   name = 'Claus Müller'
-          #   name.reverse  #=> "rell??M sualC"
-          #   name.length   #=> 13
-          #
-          #   name.mb_chars.reverse.to_s   #=> "rellüM sualC"
-          #   name.mb_chars.length         #=> 12
-          #
-          # In Ruby 1.9 and newer +mb_chars+ returns +self+ because String is (mostly) encoding aware. This means that
-          # it becomes easy to run one version of your code on multiple Ruby versions.
-          #
-          # == Method chaining
-          #
-          # All the methods on the Chars proxy which normally return a string will return a Chars object. This allows
-          # method chaining on the result of any of these methods.
-          #
-          #   name.mb_chars.reverse.length #=> 12
-          #
-          # == Interoperability and configuration
-          #
-          # The Chars object tries to be as interchangeable with String objects as possible: sorting and comparing between
-          # String and Char work like expected. The bang! methods change the internal string representation in the Chars
-          # object. Interoperability problems can be resolved easily with a +to_s+ call.
-          #
-          # For more information about the methods defined on the Chars proxy see ActiveSupport::Multibyte::Chars. For
-          # information about how to change the default Multibyte behaviour see ActiveSupport::Multibyte.
-          def mb_chars
-            if ActiveSupport::Multibyte.proxy_class.wants?(self)
-              ActiveSupport::Multibyte.proxy_class.new(self)
-            else
-              self
-            end
-          end
-          
-          # Returns true if the string has UTF-8 semantics (a String used for purely byte resources is unlikely to have
-          # them), returns false otherwise.
-          def is_utf8?
-            ActiveSupport::Multibyte::Chars.consumes?(self)
-          end
+class String
+  unless '1.9'.respond_to?(:force_encoding)
+    # == Multibyte proxy
+    #
+    # +mb_chars+ is a multibyte safe proxy for string methods.
+    #
+    # In Ruby 1.8 and older it creates and returns an instance of the ActiveSupport::Multibyte::Chars class which
+    # encapsulates the original string. A Unicode safe version of all the String methods are defined on this proxy
+    # class. If the proxy class doesn't respond to a certain method, it's forwarded to the encapsuled string.
+    #
+    #   name = 'Claus Müller'
+    #   name.reverse  #=> "rell??M sualC"
+    #   name.length   #=> 13
+    #
+    #   name.mb_chars.reverse.to_s   #=> "rellüM sualC"
+    #   name.mb_chars.length         #=> 12
+    #
+    # In Ruby 1.9 and newer +mb_chars+ returns +self+ because String is (mostly) encoding aware. This means that
+    # it becomes easy to run one version of your code on multiple Ruby versions.
+    #
+    # == Method chaining
+    #
+    # All the methods on the Chars proxy which normally return a string will return a Chars object. This allows
+    # method chaining on the result of any of these methods.
+    #
+    #   name.mb_chars.reverse.length #=> 12
+    #
+    # == Interoperability and configuration
+    #
+    # The Chars object tries to be as interchangeable with String objects as possible: sorting and comparing between
+    # String and Char work like expected. The bang! methods change the internal string representation in the Chars
+    # object. Interoperability problems can be resolved easily with a +to_s+ call.
+    #
+    # For more information about the methods defined on the Chars proxy see ActiveSupport::Multibyte::Chars. For
+    # information about how to change the default Multibyte behaviour see ActiveSupport::Multibyte.
+    def mb_chars
+      if ActiveSupport::Multibyte.proxy_class.wants?(self)
+        ActiveSupport::Multibyte.proxy_class.new(self)
+      else
+        self
+      end
+    end
+    
+    # Returns true if the string has UTF-8 semantics (a String used for purely byte resources is unlikely to have
+    # them), returns false otherwise.
+    def is_utf8?
+      ActiveSupport::Multibyte::Chars.consumes?(self)
+    end
 
-          unless '1.8.7 and later'.respond_to?(:chars)
-            def chars
-              ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn('String#chars has been deprecated in favor of String#mb_chars.', caller)
-              mb_chars
-            end
-          end
-        else
-          def mb_chars #:nodoc
-            self
-          end
-          
-          def is_utf8? #:nodoc
-            case encoding
-            when Encoding::UTF_8
-              valid_encoding?
-            when Encoding::ASCII_8BIT, Encoding::US_ASCII
-              dup.force_encoding(Encoding::UTF_8).valid_encoding?
-            else
-              false
-            end
-          end
-        end
+    unless '1.8.7 and later'.respond_to?(:chars)
+      def chars
+        ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn('String#chars has been deprecated in favor of String#mb_chars.', caller)
+        mb_chars
+      end
+    end
+  else
+    def mb_chars #:nodoc
+      self
+    end
+    
+    def is_utf8? #:nodoc
+      case encoding
+      when Encoding::UTF_8
+        valid_encoding?
+      when Encoding::ASCII_8BIT, Encoding::US_ASCII
+        dup.force_encoding(Encoding::UTF_8).valid_encoding?
+      else
+        false
       end
     end
   end

data/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety.rb

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-require 'erb'
+require "erb"
 
 class ERB
   module Util
-    HTML_ESCAPE = { '&' => '&amp;',  '>' => '&gt;',   '<' => '&lt;', '"' => '&quot;', "'" => '&#39;' }
+    HTML_ESCAPE = { '&' => '&amp;',  '>' => '&gt;',   '<' => '&lt;', '"' => '&quot;' }
     JSON_ESCAPE = { '&' => '\u0026', '>' => '\u003E', '<' => '\u003C' }
 
     # A utility method for escaping HTML tag characters.
     # This method is also aliased as <tt>h</tt>.
     #
-    # In your ERB templates, use this method to escape any unsafe content. For example:
+    # In your ERb templates, use this method to escape any unsafe content. For example:
     #   <%=h @person.name %>
     #
     # ==== Example:
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class ERB
       if s.html_safe?
         s
       else
-        s.gsub(/[&"'><]/n) { |special| HTML_ESCAPE[special] }.html_safe
+        s.gsub(/[&"><]/) { |special| HTML_ESCAPE[special] }.html_safe
       end
     end
 
@@ -62,10 +62,24 @@ end
 
 module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
   class SafeBuffer < String
+    alias safe_concat concat
+
+    def concat(value)
+      if value.html_safe?
+        super(value)
+      else
+        super(ERB::Util.h(value))
+      end
+    end
+
     def +(other)
       dup.concat(other)
     end
 
+    def <<(value)
+      self.concat(value)
+    end
+
     def html_safe?
       true
     end
@@ -77,25 +91,15 @@ module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
     def to_s
       self
     end
-
-    def to_yaml(*args)
-      to_str.to_yaml(*args)
-    end
   end
 end
 
 class String
-  alias safe_concat concat
-
-  def as_str
-    self
+  def html_safe!
+    raise "You can't call html_safe! on a String"
   end
 
   def html_safe
     ActiveSupport::SafeBuffer.new(self)
   end
-
-  def html_safe?
-    false
-  end
-end
+end

data/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/starts_ends_with.rb

@@ -1,33 +1,4 @@
-module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
-  module CoreExtensions #:nodoc:
-    module String #:nodoc:
-      # Additional string tests.
-      module StartsEndsWith
-        def self.append_features(base)
-          if '1.8.7 and up'.respond_to?(:start_with?)
-            base.class_eval do
-              alias_method :starts_with?, :start_with?
-              alias_method :ends_with?, :end_with?
-            end
-          else
-            super
-            base.class_eval do
-              alias_method :start_with?, :starts_with?
-              alias_method :end_with?, :ends_with?
-            end
-          end
-        end
-
-        # Does the string start with the specified +prefix+?
-        def starts_with?(prefix)
-          prefix.respond_to?(:to_str) && self[0, prefix.length] == prefix
-        end
-
-        # Does the string end with the specified +suffix+?
-        def ends_with?(suffix)
-          suffix.respond_to?(:to_str) && self[-suffix.length, suffix.length] == suffix
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
+class String
+  alias_method :starts_with?, :start_with?
+  alias_method :ends_with?, :end_with?
 end

data/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/xchar.rb

@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 begin
-  # See http://bogomips.org/fast_xs/ by Eric Wong
+  # See http://bogomips.org/fast_xs/ by Eric Wong.
+  # Also included with hpricot.
   require 'fast_xs'
+rescue LoadError
+  # fast_xs extension unavailable
+else
+  begin
+    require 'builder'
+  rescue LoadError
+    # builder demands the first shot at defining String#to_xs
+  end
 
   class String
     alias_method :original_xs, :to_xs if method_defined?(:to_xs)
     alias_method :to_xs, :fast_xs
   end
-rescue LoadError
-  # fast_xs extension unavailable.
 end

data/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/acts_like.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+require 'active_support/core_ext/object/acts_like'
+
+class Time
+  # Duck-types as a Time-like class. See Object#acts_like?.
+  def acts_like_time?
+    true
+  end
+end

data/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb

@@ -1,313 +1,281 @@
 require 'active_support/duration'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/date/acts_like'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/date/calculations'
 
-module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
-  module CoreExtensions #:nodoc:
-    module Time #:nodoc:
-      # Enables the use of time calculations within Time itself
-      module Calculations
-        def self.included(base) #:nodoc:
-          base.extend ClassMethods
-
-          base.class_eval do
-            alias_method :plus_without_duration, :+
-            alias_method :+, :plus_with_duration
-
-            alias_method :minus_without_duration, :-
-            alias_method :-, :minus_with_duration
-
-            alias_method :minus_without_coercion, :-
-            alias_method :-, :minus_with_coercion
-
-            alias_method :compare_without_coercion, :<=>
-            alias_method :<=>, :compare_with_coercion
-          end
-        end
-
-        COMMON_YEAR_DAYS_IN_MONTH = [nil, 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31]
-
-        module ClassMethods
-          # Overriding case equality method so that it returns true for ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instances
-          def ===(other)
-            other.is_a?(::Time)
-          end
-
-          # Return the number of days in the given month.
-          # If no year is specified, it will use the current year.
-          def days_in_month(month, year = now.year)
-            return 29 if month == 2 && ::Date.gregorian_leap?(year)
-            COMMON_YEAR_DAYS_IN_MONTH[month]
-          end
-
-          # Returns a new Time if requested year can be accommodated by Ruby's Time class
-          # (i.e., if year is within either 1970..2038 or 1902..2038, depending on system architecture);
-          # otherwise returns a DateTime
-          def time_with_datetime_fallback(utc_or_local, year, month=1, day=1, hour=0, min=0, sec=0, usec=0)
-            ::Time.send(utc_or_local, year, month, day, hour, min, sec, usec)
-          rescue
-            offset = utc_or_local.to_sym == :local ? ::DateTime.local_offset : 0
-            ::DateTime.civil(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, offset)
-          end
-
-          # Wraps class method +time_with_datetime_fallback+ with +utc_or_local+ set to <tt>:utc</tt>.
-          def utc_time(*args)
-            time_with_datetime_fallback(:utc, *args)
-          end
-
-          # Wraps class method +time_with_datetime_fallback+ with +utc_or_local+ set to <tt>:local</tt>.
-          def local_time(*args)
-            time_with_datetime_fallback(:local, *args)
-          end
-        end
-
-        # Tells whether the Time object's time lies in the past
-        def past?
-          self < ::Time.current
-        end
-
-        # Tells whether the Time object's time is today
-        def today?
-          self.to_date == ::Date.current
-        end
-
-        # Tells whether the Time object's time lies in the future
-        def future?
-          self > ::Time.current
-        end
-
-        # Seconds since midnight: Time.now.seconds_since_midnight
-        def seconds_since_midnight
-          self.to_i - self.change(:hour => 0).to_i + (self.usec/1.0e+6)
-        end
-
-        # Returns a new Time where one or more of the elements have been changed according to the +options+ parameter. The time options
-        # (hour, minute, sec, usec) reset cascadingly, so if only the hour is passed, then minute, sec, and usec is set to 0. If the hour and
-        # minute is passed, then sec and usec is set to 0.
-        def change(options)
-          ::Time.send(
-            self.utc? ? :utc_time : :local_time,
-            options[:year]  || self.year,
-            options[:month] || self.month,
-            options[:day]   || self.day,
-            options[:hour]  || self.hour,
-            options[:min]   || (options[:hour] ? 0 : self.min),
-            options[:sec]   || ((options[:hour] || options[:min]) ? 0 : self.sec),
-            options[:usec]  || ((options[:hour] || options[:min] || options[:sec]) ? 0 : self.usec)
-          )
-        end
-
-        # Uses Date to provide precise Time calculations for years, months, and days.
-        # The +options+ parameter takes a hash with any of these keys: <tt>:years</tt>,
-        # <tt>:months</tt>, <tt>:weeks</tt>, <tt>:days</tt>, <tt>:hours</tt>,
-        # <tt>:minutes</tt>, <tt>:seconds</tt>.
-        def advance(options)
-          unless options[:weeks].nil?
-            options[:weeks], partial_weeks = options[:weeks].divmod(1)
-            options[:days] = (options[:days] || 0) + 7 * partial_weeks
-          end
-          
-          unless options[:days].nil?
-            options[:days], partial_days = options[:days].divmod(1)
-            options[:hours] = (options[:hours] || 0) + 24 * partial_days
-          end
-          
-          d = to_date.advance(options)
-          time_advanced_by_date = change(:year => d.year, :month => d.month, :day => d.day)
-          seconds_to_advance = (options[:seconds] || 0) + (options[:minutes] || 0) * 60 + (options[:hours] || 0) * 3600
-          seconds_to_advance == 0 ? time_advanced_by_date : time_advanced_by_date.since(seconds_to_advance)
-        end
-
-        # Returns a new Time representing the time a number of seconds ago, this is basically a wrapper around the Numeric extension
-        def ago(seconds)
-          self.since(-seconds)
-        end
-
-        # Returns a new Time representing the time a number of seconds since the instance time, this is basically a wrapper around
-        # the Numeric extension.
-        def since(seconds)
-          f = seconds.since(self)
-          if ActiveSupport::Duration === seconds
-            f
-          else
-            initial_dst = self.dst? ? 1 : 0
-            final_dst   = f.dst? ? 1 : 0
-            (seconds.abs >= 86400 && initial_dst != final_dst) ? f + (initial_dst - final_dst).hours : f
-          end
-        rescue
-          self.to_datetime.since(seconds)
-        end
-        alias :in :since
-
-        # Returns a new Time representing the time a number of specified months ago
-        def months_ago(months)
-          advance(:months => -months)
-        end
-
-        # Returns a new Time representing the time a number of specified months in the future
-        def months_since(months)
-          advance(:months => months)
-        end
-
-        # Returns a new Time representing the time a number of specified years ago
-        def years_ago(years)
-          advance(:years => -years)
-        end
-
-        # Returns a new Time representing the time a number of specified years in the future
-        def years_since(years)
-          advance(:years => years)
-        end
-
-        def last_year # :nodoc:
-          ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn("Time#last_year is deprecated and has been removed in Rails 3, please use Time#prev_year instead", caller)
-          prev_year
-        end
-
-        # Short-hand for years_ago(1)
-        def prev_year
-          years_ago(1)
-        end
-
-        # Short-hand for years_since(1)
-        def next_year
-          years_since(1)
-        end
-
-        def last_month # :nodoc:
-          ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn("Time#last_month is deprecated and has been removed in Rails 3, please use Time#prev_month instead", caller)
-          prev_month
-        end
-
-        # Short-hand for months_ago(1)
-        def prev_month
-          months_ago(1)
-        end
-
-        # Short-hand for months_since(1)
-        def next_month
-          months_since(1)
-        end
-
-        # Returns a new Time representing the "start" of this week (Monday, 0:00)
-        def beginning_of_week
-          days_to_monday = self.wday!=0 ? self.wday-1 : 6
-          (self - days_to_monday.days).midnight
-        end
-        alias :monday :beginning_of_week
-        alias :at_beginning_of_week :beginning_of_week
-
-        # Returns a new Time representing the end of this week (Sunday, 23:59:59)
-        def end_of_week
-          days_to_sunday = self.wday!=0 ? 7-self.wday : 0
-          (self + days_to_sunday.days).end_of_day
-        end
-        alias :at_end_of_week :end_of_week
-
-        # Returns a new Time representing the start of the given day in next week (default is Monday).
-        def next_week(day = :monday)
-          days_into_week = { :monday => 0, :tuesday => 1, :wednesday => 2, :thursday => 3, :friday => 4, :saturday => 5, :sunday => 6}
-          since(1.week).beginning_of_week.since(days_into_week[day].day).change(:hour => 0)
-        end
-
-        # Returns a new Time representing the start of the day (0:00)
-        def beginning_of_day
-          #(self - seconds_since_midnight).change(:usec => 0)
-          change(:hour => 0, :min => 0, :sec => 0, :usec => 0)
-        end
-        alias :midnight :beginning_of_day
-        alias :at_midnight :beginning_of_day
-        alias :at_beginning_of_day :beginning_of_day
-
-        # Returns a new Time representing the end of the day, 23:59:59.999999 (.999999999 in ruby1.9)
-        def end_of_day
-          change(:hour => 23, :min => 59, :sec => 59, :usec => 999999.999)
-        end
-
-        # Returns a new Time representing the start of the month (1st of the month, 0:00)
-        def beginning_of_month
-          #self - ((self.mday-1).days + self.seconds_since_midnight)
-          change(:day => 1,:hour => 0, :min => 0, :sec => 0, :usec => 0)
-        end
-        alias :at_beginning_of_month :beginning_of_month
-
-        # Returns a new Time representing the end of the month (end of the last day of the month)
-        def end_of_month
-          #self - ((self.mday-1).days + self.seconds_since_midnight)
-          last_day = ::Time.days_in_month( self.month, self.year )
-          change(:day => last_day, :hour => 23, :min => 59, :sec => 59, :usec => 999999.999)
-        end
-        alias :at_end_of_month :end_of_month
-
-        # Returns  a new Time representing the start of the quarter (1st of january, april, july, october, 0:00)
-        def beginning_of_quarter
-          beginning_of_month.change(:month => [10, 7, 4, 1].detect { |m| m <= self.month })
-        end
-        alias :at_beginning_of_quarter :beginning_of_quarter
-
-        # Returns a new Time representing the end of the quarter (end of the last day of march, june, september, december)
-        def end_of_quarter
-          beginning_of_month.change(:month => [3, 6, 9, 12].detect { |m| m >= self.month }).end_of_month
-        end
-        alias :at_end_of_quarter :end_of_quarter
-
-        # Returns  a new Time representing the start of the year (1st of january, 0:00)
-        def beginning_of_year
-          change(:month => 1,:day => 1,:hour => 0, :min => 0, :sec => 0, :usec => 0)
-        end
-        alias :at_beginning_of_year :beginning_of_year
-
-        # Returns a new Time representing the end of the year (end of the 31st of december)
-        def end_of_year
-          change(:month => 12, :day => 31, :hour => 23, :min => 59, :sec => 59, :usec => 999999.999)
-        end
-        alias :at_end_of_year :end_of_year
-
-        # Convenience method which returns a new Time representing the time 1 day ago
-        def yesterday
-          advance(:days => -1)
-        end
-
-        # Convenience method which returns a new Time representing the time 1 day since the instance time
-        def tomorrow
-          advance(:days => 1)
-        end
-
-        def plus_with_duration(other) #:nodoc:
-          if ActiveSupport::Duration === other
-            other.since(self)
-          else
-            plus_without_duration(other)
-          end
-        end
-
-        def minus_with_duration(other) #:nodoc:
-          if ActiveSupport::Duration === other
-            other.until(self)
-          else
-            minus_without_duration(other)
-          end
-        end
-
-        # Time#- can also be used to determine the number of seconds between two Time instances.
-        # We're layering on additional behavior so that ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instances
-        # are coerced into values that Time#- will recognize
-        def minus_with_coercion(other)
-          other = other.comparable_time if other.respond_to?(:comparable_time)
-          other.is_a?(::DateTime) ? to_f - other.to_f : minus_without_coercion(other)
-        end
-
-        # Layers additional behavior on Time#<=> so that DateTime and ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instances
-        # can be chronologically compared with a Time
-        def compare_with_coercion(other)
-          # if other is an ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone, coerce a Time instance from it so we can do <=> comparison
-          other = other.comparable_time if other.respond_to?(:comparable_time)
-          if other.acts_like?(:date)
-            # other is a Date/DateTime, so coerce self #to_datetime and hand off to DateTime#<=>
-            to_datetime.compare_without_coercion(other)
-          else
-            compare_without_coercion(other)
-          end
-        end
-      end
+class Time
+  COMMON_YEAR_DAYS_IN_MONTH = [nil, 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31]
+  DAYS_INTO_WEEK = { :monday => 0, :tuesday => 1, :wednesday => 2, :thursday => 3, :friday => 4, :saturday => 5, :sunday => 6 }
+
+  class << self
+    # Overriding case equality method so that it returns true for ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instances
+    def ===(other)
+      other.is_a?(::Time)
+    end
+
+    # Return the number of days in the given month.
+    # If no year is specified, it will use the current year.
+    def days_in_month(month, year = now.year)
+      return 29 if month == 2 && ::Date.gregorian_leap?(year)
+      COMMON_YEAR_DAYS_IN_MONTH[month]
+    end
+
+    # Returns a new Time if requested year can be accommodated by Ruby's Time class
+    # (i.e., if year is within either 1970..2038 or 1902..2038, depending on system architecture);
+    # otherwise returns a DateTime
+    def time_with_datetime_fallback(utc_or_local, year, month=1, day=1, hour=0, min=0, sec=0, usec=0)
+      ::Time.send(utc_or_local, year, month, day, hour, min, sec, usec)
+    rescue
+      offset = utc_or_local.to_sym == :local ? ::DateTime.local_offset : 0
+      ::DateTime.civil(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, offset)
+    end
+
+    # Wraps class method +time_with_datetime_fallback+ with +utc_or_local+ set to <tt>:utc</tt>.
+    def utc_time(*args)
+      time_with_datetime_fallback(:utc, *args)
+    end
+
+    # Wraps class method +time_with_datetime_fallback+ with +utc_or_local+ set to <tt>:local</tt>.
+    def local_time(*args)
+      time_with_datetime_fallback(:local, *args)
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Tells whether the Time object's time lies in the past
+  def past?
+    self < ::Time.current
+  end
+
+  # Tells whether the Time object's time is today
+  def today?
+    to_date == ::Date.current
+  end
+
+  # Tells whether the Time object's time lies in the future
+  def future?
+    self > ::Time.current
+  end
+
+  # Seconds since midnight: Time.now.seconds_since_midnight
+  def seconds_since_midnight
+    to_i - change(:hour => 0).to_i + (usec / 1.0e+6)
+  end
+
+  # Returns a new Time where one or more of the elements have been changed according to the +options+ parameter. The time options
+  # (hour, minute, sec, usec) reset cascadingly, so if only the hour is passed, then minute, sec, and usec is set to 0. If the hour and
+  # minute is passed, then sec and usec is set to 0.
+  def change(options)
+    ::Time.send(
+      utc? ? :utc_time : :local_time,
+      options[:year]  || year,
+      options[:month] || month,
+      options[:day]   || day,
+      options[:hour]  || hour,
+      options[:min]   || (options[:hour] ? 0 : min),
+      options[:sec]   || ((options[:hour] || options[:min]) ? 0 : sec),
+      options[:usec]  || ((options[:hour] || options[:min] || options[:sec]) ? 0 : usec)
+    )
+  end
+
+  # Uses Date to provide precise Time calculations for years, months, and days.
+  # The +options+ parameter takes a hash with any of these keys: <tt>:years</tt>,
+  # <tt>:months</tt>, <tt>:weeks</tt>, <tt>:days</tt>, <tt>:hours</tt>,
+  # <tt>:minutes</tt>, <tt>:seconds</tt>.
+  def advance(options)
+    unless options[:weeks].nil?
+      options[:weeks], partial_weeks = options[:weeks].divmod(1)
+      options[:days] = (options[:days] || 0) + 7 * partial_weeks
+    end
+    
+    unless options[:days].nil?
+      options[:days], partial_days = options[:days].divmod(1)
+      options[:hours] = (options[:hours] || 0) + 24 * partial_days
+    end
+    
+    d = to_date.advance(options)
+    time_advanced_by_date = change(:year => d.year, :month => d.month, :day => d.day)
+    seconds_to_advance = (options[:seconds] || 0) + (options[:minutes] || 0) * 60 + (options[:hours] || 0) * 3600
+    seconds_to_advance == 0 ? time_advanced_by_date : time_advanced_by_date.since(seconds_to_advance)
+  end
+
+  # Returns a new Time representing the time a number of seconds ago, this is basically a wrapper around the Numeric extension
+  def ago(seconds)
+    since(-seconds)
+  end
+
+  # Returns a new Time representing the time a number of seconds since the instance time
+  def since(seconds)
+    self + seconds
+  rescue
+    to_datetime.since(seconds)
+  end
+  alias :in :since
+
+  # Returns a new Time representing the time a number of specified months ago
+  def months_ago(months)
+    advance(:months => -months)
+  end
+
+  # Returns a new Time representing the time a number of specified months in the future
+  def months_since(months)
+    advance(:months => months)
+  end
+
+  # Returns a new Time representing the time a number of specified years ago
+  def years_ago(years)
+    advance(:years => -years)
+  end
+
+  # Returns a new Time representing the time a number of specified years in the future
+  def years_since(years)
+    advance(:years => years)
+  end
+
+  # Short-hand for years_ago(1)
+  def last_year
+    years_ago(1)
+  end
+
+  # Short-hand for years_since(1)
+  def next_year
+    years_since(1)
+  end
+
+
+  # Short-hand for months_ago(1)
+  def last_month
+    months_ago(1)
+  end
+
+  # Short-hand for months_since(1)
+  def next_month
+    months_since(1)
+  end
+
+  # Returns a new Time representing the "start" of this week (Monday, 0:00)
+  def beginning_of_week
+    days_to_monday = wday!=0 ? wday-1 : 6
+    (self - days_to_monday.days).midnight
+  end
+  alias :monday :beginning_of_week
+  alias :at_beginning_of_week :beginning_of_week
+
+  # Returns a new Time representing the end of this week, (end of Sunday)
+  def end_of_week
+    days_to_sunday = wday!=0 ? 7-wday : 0
+    (self + days_to_sunday.days).end_of_day
+  end
+  alias :at_end_of_week :end_of_week
+
+  # Returns a new Time representing the start of the given day in next week (default is Monday).
+  def next_week(day = :monday)
+    since(1.week).beginning_of_week.since(DAYS_INTO_WEEK[day].day).change(:hour => 0)
+  end
+
+  # Returns a new Time representing the start of the day (0:00)
+  def beginning_of_day
+    #(self - seconds_since_midnight).change(:usec => 0)
+    change(:hour => 0, :min => 0, :sec => 0, :usec => 0)
+  end
+  alias :midnight :beginning_of_day
+  alias :at_midnight :beginning_of_day
+  alias :at_beginning_of_day :beginning_of_day
+
+  # Returns a new Time representing the end of the day, 23:59:59.999999 (.999999999 in ruby1.9)
+  def end_of_day
+    change(:hour => 23, :min => 59, :sec => 59, :usec => 999999.999)
+  end
+
+  # Returns a new Time representing the start of the month (1st of the month, 0:00)
+  def beginning_of_month
+    #self - ((self.mday-1).days + self.seconds_since_midnight)
+    change(:day => 1,:hour => 0, :min => 0, :sec => 0, :usec => 0)
+  end
+  alias :at_beginning_of_month :beginning_of_month
+
+  # Returns a new Time representing the end of the month (end of the last day of the month)
+  def end_of_month
+    #self - ((self.mday-1).days + self.seconds_since_midnight)
+    last_day = ::Time.days_in_month(month, year)
+    change(:day => last_day, :hour => 23, :min => 59, :sec => 59, :usec => 999999.999)
+  end
+  alias :at_end_of_month :end_of_month
+
+  # Returns  a new Time representing the start of the quarter (1st of january, april, july, october, 0:00)
+  def beginning_of_quarter
+    beginning_of_month.change(:month => [10, 7, 4, 1].detect { |m| m <= month })
+  end
+  alias :at_beginning_of_quarter :beginning_of_quarter
+
+  # Returns a new Time representing the end of the quarter (end of the last day of march, june, september, december)
+  def end_of_quarter
+    beginning_of_month.change(:month => [3, 6, 9, 12].detect { |m| m >= month }).end_of_month
+  end
+  alias :at_end_of_quarter :end_of_quarter
+
+  # Returns  a new Time representing the start of the year (1st of january, 0:00)
+  def beginning_of_year
+    change(:month => 1, :day => 1, :hour => 0, :min => 0, :sec => 0, :usec => 0)
+  end
+  alias :at_beginning_of_year :beginning_of_year
+
+  # Returns a new Time representing the end of the year (end of the 31st of december)
+  def end_of_year
+    change(:month => 12, :day => 31, :hour => 23, :min => 59, :sec => 59, :usec => 999999.999)
+  end
+  alias :at_end_of_year :end_of_year
+
+  # Convenience method which returns a new Time representing the time 1 day ago
+  def yesterday
+    advance(:days => -1)
+  end
+
+  # Convenience method which returns a new Time representing the time 1 day since the instance time
+  def tomorrow
+    advance(:days => 1)
+  end
+
+  def plus_with_duration(other) #:nodoc:
+    if ActiveSupport::Duration === other
+      other.since(self)
+    else
+      plus_without_duration(other)
+    end
+  end
+  alias_method :plus_without_duration, :+
+  alias_method :+, :plus_with_duration
+
+  def minus_with_duration(other) #:nodoc:
+    if ActiveSupport::Duration === other
+      other.until(self)
+    else
+      minus_without_duration(other)
+    end
+  end
+  alias_method :minus_without_duration, :-
+  alias_method :-, :minus_with_duration
+
+  # Time#- can also be used to determine the number of seconds between two Time instances.
+  # We're layering on additional behavior so that ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instances
+  # are coerced into values that Time#- will recognize
+  def minus_with_coercion(other)
+    other = other.comparable_time if other.respond_to?(:comparable_time)
+    other.is_a?(DateTime) ? to_f - other.to_f : minus_without_coercion(other)
+  end
+  alias_method :minus_without_coercion, :-
+  alias_method :-, :minus_with_coercion
+
+  # Layers additional behavior on Time#<=> so that DateTime and ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instances
+  # can be chronologically compared with a Time
+  def compare_with_coercion(other)
+    # if other is an ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone, coerce a Time instance from it so we can do <=> comparison
+    other = other.comparable_time if other.respond_to?(:comparable_time)
+    if other.acts_like?(:date)
+      # other is a Date/DateTime, so coerce self #to_datetime and hand off to DateTime#<=>
+      to_datetime.compare_without_coercion(other)
+    else
+      compare_without_coercion(other)
     end
   end
+  alias_method :compare_without_coercion, :<=>
+  alias_method :<=>, :compare_with_coercion
 end