date_molder 0.0.1

data/Gemfile

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+source "http://rubygems.org"
+
+gemspec

data/README.md

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+# DateMolder
+Generates format string for `strftime` from date string.
+
+## Installation
+
+    gem install date_molder
+
+## Usage
+
+    DateMolder.build_format("May 12, 2012, 07:34PM +0300") #=> "%B %e, %Y, %I:%M%p %z"
+
+`DateMolder` heavily relies on `Time.parse` and `Date._parse` functions.
+It means that `DateMolder` can generate format for every string that is correctly parsed by those methods.
+
+### Alternatives
+
+See [Stamp](https://github.com/jeremyw/stamp) gem that serves similar purpose. However `DateMolder` has several benefits:
+
+* parses strings like '9pm'
+* supports time zones

data/Rakefile

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+require 'rake'
+
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "lib/version.rb")
+
+task :build do
+  system "gem build date_molder.gemspec"
+end
+
+task :install => :build do
+  system "gem install date_molder-#{DateMolder::VERSION}.gem"
+end
+
+task :release => :build do
+  system "gem push date_molder-#{DateMolder::VERSION}.gem"
+end

data/lib/date_molder.rb

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+$:.unshift File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'date_molder')
+require 'time'
+require 'parser'
+
+module DateMolder
+
+  DATE_FORMATS = {
+    :wday => %w{A a u w},
+    :year => %w{Y C y},
+    :mon  => %w{m _m -m B ^B b ^b},
+    :mday => %w{e d -d j},
+  }
+
+  AMPM_HOUR   = %w{l -l I}
+  SIMPLE_HOUR = %w{k -k H}
+
+  ADDITIONAL_FORMATS = {
+    :meridian => %w{p P},
+    :zone     => %w{z Z}
+  }
+
+  extend self
+
+  def build_format(str)
+    formats = build_formats(str)
+    parser = Parser.new(str, formats)
+    find_solution(parser.parse)
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def find_solution(solutions)
+    solutions.select do |format|
+      !/[[:digit:]]/.match(format)
+    end.sort_by(&:size).first
+  end
+
+  def build_formats(str)
+    time_hash = Date._parse(str)
+    formats = DATE_FORMATS.merge(build_time_formats(str))
+    formats.select! { |key, _| time_hash[key] }
+    formats.merge(ADDITIONAL_FORMATS)
+  end
+
+  def build_time_formats(str)
+    {
+      :hour => ampm_format?(str) ? AMPM_HOUR : SIMPLE_HOUR,
+      :min  => ['M']
+    }
+  end
+
+  def ampm_format?(str)
+    !!/#{Time.parse(str).strftime("%p")}/i.match(str)
+  end
+
+end

data/lib/date_molder/parser.rb

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+module DateMolder
+  class Parser
+    attr_accessor :init, :formats, :solutions, :parsed_time
+
+    def initialize(str, formats)
+      @str = str
+      @init = str.dup
+      @formats = formats
+      @solutions= []
+      @parsed_time = Time.parse(str)
+    end
+
+    def parse
+      parse_internal(@str, 0)
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def parse_internal(str, index)
+      if index >= @formats.keys.size
+        @solutions << str if @parsed_time.strftime(str) == @init
+        return @solutions
+      end
+      @formats[@formats.keys[index]].each do |val|
+        if m = build_format_regexp(val).match(str)
+          parse_internal(str.sub(m[0], "%#{val}"), index + 1)
+        end
+      end
+      parse_internal(str, index + 1) if index + 1 <= @formats.keys.size
+      @solutions
+    end
+
+    def build_format_regexp(value)
+      /(#{Regexp.escape(@parsed_time.strftime("%#{value}"))})/i
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/version.rb

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+module DateMolder
+  VERSION = '0.0.1'
+end

data/spec/date_molder_spec.rb

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+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe DateMolder do
+
+  describe ".build_format" do
+
+    subject { DateMolder.build_format(str) }
+
+    context "simple date 1" do
+      let(:str) { "6 May, 2012" }
+      it { should == "%-d %B, %Y" }
+    end
+
+    context "simple date 2" do
+      let(:str) { "May, 06, 2012" }
+      it { should == "%B, %d, %Y" }
+    end
+
+    context "simple date 3" do
+      let(:str) { "JAN, 06, 2012" }
+      it { should == "%^b, %d, %Y" }
+    end
+
+    context "simple date 4" do
+      let(:str) { "2012 JAN  06" }
+      it { should == "%Y %^b  %d" }
+    end
+
+    context "simple time in 12 clock" do
+      let(:str) { "12:34pm" }
+      it { should == "%l:%M%P" }
+    end
+
+    context "simple time in 24 clock" do
+      let(:str) { "17:34" }
+      it { should == "%k:%M" }
+    end
+
+    context "simple time in 24 clock zero-padded" do
+      let(:str) { "07:34" }
+      it { should == "%H:%M" }
+    end
+
+    context "simple time in 12 clock zero-padded" do
+      let(:str) { "07:34AM" }
+      it { should == "%I:%M%p" }
+    end
+
+    context "time without minutes" do
+      let(:str) { "9pm" }
+      it { should == "%-l%P"}
+    end
+
+    context "time with zone" do
+      let(:str) { "11:34pm +0300" }
+      it { should == "%l:%M%P %z"}
+    end
+
+    context "time with zone" do
+      let(:str) { "11:34pm EEST" }
+      it { should == "%l:%M%P %Z"}
+    end
+
+    context "month and day" do
+      let(:str) { "March, 2"}
+      it { should == "%B,%e" }
+    end
+
+    context "full date and time" do
+      let(:str) { "May 12, 2012, 07:34PM +0300" }
+      it { should == "%B %e, %Y, %I:%M%p %z" }
+    end
+
+  end
+
+end

data/spec/spec_helper.rb

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+require 'rspec'
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "../lib/date_molder.rb")
+
+RSpec.configure do |c|
+
+end

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
+name: date_molder
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+  version: 0.0.1
+  prerelease: 
+platform: ruby
+authors:
+- Innokenty Mikhailov
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+date: 2012-05-07 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+dependencies:
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
+  name: rspec
+  requirement: &21122800 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    none: false
+    requirements:
+    - - ! '>'
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: 2.8.0
+  type: :development
+  prerelease: false
+  version_requirements: *21122800
+description: Generates an strftime format using human readable date.
+email: anotheroneman@yahoo.com
+executables: []
+extensions: []
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+files:
+- lib/date_molder.rb
+- lib/version.rb
+- lib/date_molder/parser.rb
+- Gemfile
+- Rakefile
+- README.md
+- spec/spec_helper.rb
+- spec/date_molder_spec.rb
+homepage: https://github.com/gregolsen/date_molder
+licenses: []
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: []
+require_paths:
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+requirements: []
+rubyforge_project: 
+rubygems_version: 1.8.15
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: strftime format generator
+test_files:
+- spec/spec_helper.rb
+- spec/date_molder_spec.rb