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+ docker:
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+ BUNDLE_JOBS: 3
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+ BUNDLE_RETRY: 3
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+ BUNDLE_PATH: vendor/bundle
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+ working_directory: ~/repo
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+ jobs:
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+ build:
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+ steps:
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+ - checkout
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+ - attach_workspace:
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+ at: ~/repo
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+
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+ - restore_cache:
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+ keys:
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+ - gem-cache-{{ checksum "easy_time.gemspec" }}
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+ - gem-cache-
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+
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+ - run:
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+ name: Install bundler
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+ command: gem install bundler
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+
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+ - run:
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+ name: Check bundle version
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+ command: bundle --version
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+
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+ - run:
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+ name: set the bundle path
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+ command: bundle config set path 'vendor/bundle'
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+
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+ - run:
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+ name: install dependencies
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+ command: bundle install --jobs=4 --retry=3
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+
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+ - save_cache:
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+ paths:
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+ - ./vendor/bundle
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+ key: gem-cache-{{ checksum "easy_time.gemspec" }}
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+
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+ - run:
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+ name: run tests
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+ command: |
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+ mkdir /tmp/test-results
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+ TEST_FILES="$(circleci tests glob 'spec/**/*_spec.rb' | circleci tests split --split-by=timings)"
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+
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+ bundle exec rspec --format RspecJunitFormatter \
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+ --out /tmp/test-results/rspec.xml \
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+ --format progress \
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+ $TEST_FILES
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+
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+ - store_test_results:
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+ path: /tmp/test-results
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+
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+ - store_artifacts:
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+ path: /tmp/test-results
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+ destination: test-results
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+
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+ - run:
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+ name: build package
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+ command: |
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+ bundle exec rake clean
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+ bundle exec rake build
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+
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+ release:
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+ <<: *DEFAULTS
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+ steps:
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+ - checkout
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+
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+ - attach_workspace:
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+ at: ~/repo
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+
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+ - restore_cache:
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+ keys:
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+ - gem-cache-{{ checksum "easy_time.gemspec" }}
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+ - gem-cache-
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+ - run:
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+ name: Check bundle version
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+ command: bundle --version
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+
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+ - run:
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+ name: Install bundler
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+ command: gem install bundler
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+
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+ - run:
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+ name: set the bundle path
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+ command: bundle config set path 'vendor/bundle'
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+
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+ - run:
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+ name: install dependencies
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+ command: bundle install --jobs=4 --retry=3
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+
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+ - save_cache:
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+ paths:
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+ - ./vendor/bundle
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+ key: gem-cache-{{ checksum "easy_time.gemspec" }}
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+
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+ - run:
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+ name: build package
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+ command: |
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+ bundle exec rake clean
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+ bundle exec rake build
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+
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+ #- deploy:
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+ # name: Release and push
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+ # command: bundle exec gem push
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+
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+ workflows:
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+ version: 2
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+ bundle_build_test_release:
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+ jobs:
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+ - build
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+ - release:
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+ requires:
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+ - build
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+ filters:
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+ branches:
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+ only: master
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+ /.bundle/
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+ /.yardoc
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+ /_yardoc/
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+ /coverage/
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+ /doc/
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+ /pkg/
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+ /spec/reports/
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+ /tmp/
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+
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+ # rspec failure tracking
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+ .rspec_status
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+ --colour
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+ --backtrace
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+ --fail-fast
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+ --format Fuubar
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+ # Metrics
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+ Metrics/AbcSize:
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+ Enabled: false
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+ Enabled: false
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+ Metrics/PerceivedComplexity:
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+ ---
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+ language: ruby
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+ cache: bundler
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+ before_install: gem install bundler -v 2.1.4
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+ source "https://rubygems.org"
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+ # Specify your gem's dependencies in easy_time.gemspec
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+ gemspec
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+
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+ PLATFORMS
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+ ruby
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+
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+ DEPENDENCIES
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+ bundler (~> 2.1.4)
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+ easy_time!
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+ fuubar (>= 2.5.0)
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+ guard
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+ guard-rspec
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+ guard-yard
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+ pry-byebug
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+ rake
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+ redcarpet
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+ rspec
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+ rspec_junit
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+ rspec_junit_formatter
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+ rubocop (>= 0.82.0)
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+ simplecov
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+ terminal-notifier-guard
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+ yard (>= 0.9.24)
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+
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+ BUNDLED WITH
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+ 2.1.4
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+ # Guardfile for easy_time gem
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+
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+ begin
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+ require 'terminal-notifier-guard'
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+ notification :terminal_notifier, app_name: 'easy_time'
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+ rescue LoadError
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+ warn "Failed to load notifier"
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+ end
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+
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+ guard :rspec,
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+ all_on_start: false,
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+ all_after_pass: false,
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+ failed_mode: :focus,
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+ cmd: "CODE_COVERAGE=1 bundle exec rspec" do
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+ directories(%w[lib spec])
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+ .select { |d| Dir.exist?(d) ? d : UI.warning("Directory #{d} does not exist") }
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+
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+ require "guard/rspec/dsl"
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+ dsl = Guard::RSpec::Dsl.new(self)
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+
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+ # RSpec files
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+ rspec = dsl.rspec
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+ watch(rspec.spec_helper) { rspec.spec_dir }
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+ watch(rspec.spec_support) { rspec.spec_dir }
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+ watch(rspec.spec_files)
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+
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+ # Ruby files
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+ ruby = dsl.ruby
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+ dsl.watch_spec_files_for(ruby.lib_files)
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+ end
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+
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+ guard 'yard' do
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+ watch(%r{lib\/.+\.rb})
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+ watch('README.md')
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+ end
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+ The MIT License (MIT)
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+ Copyright (c) 2020 Alan Stebbens
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+
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+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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+ of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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+ in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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+ to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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+ copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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+ furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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+
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+ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
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+ all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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+
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+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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+ IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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+ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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+ AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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+ LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
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+ OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
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+ THE SOFTWARE.
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+ # EasyTime
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+
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+ [![Gem Version](https://badge.fury.io/rb/easy_time.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/rb/easy_time)
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+
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+ [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/aks/easy_time.svg?style=shield)](https://app.circleci.com/pipelines/github/aks/easy_time)
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+
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+ Are you tired of having to deal with many kinds of date and time objects?
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+
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+ Are you frustrated that comparing timestamps from different systems yields
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+ incorrect results? _(Were you surprised to learn that, despite really good
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+ time sync sources, many systems aren't actually synced all that closely in
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+ time?)_
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+
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+ Well, then, give EasyTime a try!
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+
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+ `EasyTime` accepts most of the well-known date and time objects, including
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+ `RFC2822`, `HTTPDate`, `XMLSchema`, `ISO8601`, as well as
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+ ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone strings and provides comparisons that have an
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+ adjustable tolerance. With `EasyTime` methods, you can reliably compare two
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+ timestamps and determine which one is "newer", "older" or the "same" withing
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+ a configurable tolerance. The default comparison tolerance is 1.minute.
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+
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+ In other words, if you have a time-stamp from an `ActiveRecord` object that is
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+ a few seconds different from a related object obtained from a 3rd-party system,
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+ (eg: AWS S3), then logically, from an application perspective, these two
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+ objects could be considered having the "same" time-stamp.
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+
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+ This is quite useful when one is trying to keep state synchronized between
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+ different systems. How does one know if an object is "newer" or "older" than
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+ that from another system? If the system time from the connected systems varies
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+ by a few or more seconds, then comparisons needs to have some tolerance.
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+ Having a tolerant comparison makes "newness" and "oldness" checks easier to
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+ manage across systems with possibly varying time sources.
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+ `EasyTime` objects are just like Time objects, except:
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+
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+ - they auto-convert most date and time objects to Time objects
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+ - they provide configurable tolerant comparisons between two time objects
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+ Even if you decide to set the configurable comparison tolerance to zero
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+ _(disabling it)_, the auto-type conversion of most date and time objects is
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+ very useful all by itself.
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+
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+ Finally, this module adds a new instance method to the familiar date and time
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+ classes, to easily convert from the object to the corresponding `EasyTime`
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+ object:
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+ obj.easy_time
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+
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+ For example, this is pretty cool:
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+
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+ '2010-09-08 07:06:05 +04:00'.easy_time # => EasyTime instance
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+
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+ So it is just as easy to convert an ISO8601 time string as it is to convert
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+ a `created_at` value from an ActiveRecord object:
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+
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+ rec.created_at.easy_time # => EasyTime instance
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+
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+ resp = RestClient.get service_uri + '/get_time'
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+ time = JSON.parse(resp.body)["date_time"].easy_time
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+
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+
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+ These are the currently known date and time classes the values of which will be
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+ automatically converted, enabling tolerant ("easy") comparisons:
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+
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+ Date
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+ Time
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+ DateTime
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+ ActiveSupport::Duration
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+ ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone
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+
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+ ## Installation
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+
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+ Add this line to your application's `Gemfile`:
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+
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+ ```ruby
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+ gem 'easy_time'
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+ ```
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+ or, add this to your application's `*-gemspec.rb` file:
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+ add.dependency 'easy_time'
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+
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+ And then execute:
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+
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+ $ bundle install
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+
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+ Or install it yourself as:
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+
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+ $ gem install easy_time
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+
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+ ## Usage
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+
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+ require 'easy_time'
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+
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+ ### Class Methods
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+ There are class methods and instance methods.
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+
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+ ### Creating a `EasyTime` Value
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+ EasyTime.new(time)
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+ This creates a new `EasyTime` value, which is essentially a wrapped `Time` value.
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+ The `new` method uses the `convert` method to convert several known date and
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+ time value types into a `Time` value.
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+ EasyTime.convert(timestr)
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+
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+ ### Auto-Conversion Date and Time Classes
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+ These are the currently known class values that can be converted:
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+ String # => Time.parse(string)
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+ EasyTime # => EasyTime.time
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+ Time # => Time
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+ Date # => Time.iso8601(Date.iso8601)
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+ DateTime # => Time.iso8601(DateTime.iso8601)
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+ [yyyy,mm,dd,...] # => Time.new(yyyy,mm,dd,...)
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+ ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone # => value.to_time (eg: 3.weeks.ago)
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+ ActiveSupport::Duration # => Time.now + duration (eg: 2.months)
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+ Most of the date and time classes have built-in ISO8601 formatters, which
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+ allows easy conversion using the `Time.iso8601` parser.
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+ The `EasyTime` and `Time` values are passed through unchanged.
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+ The `ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone` value is converted to a `Time`.
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+
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+ The `ActiveSupport::Duration` value is converted to a `Time` by adding it to `Time.now`.
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+
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+ A `String` value is parsed with the `convert` method.
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+
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+ #### Time Strings
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+ Most modern time format strings are recognized: ISO8601, RFD2822, HTTPDate,
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+ XMLSchema, and even some natural date and time formats. Many systems use an
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+ [ISO8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) string, which has date, time,
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+ and timezone components, with each variant having some variations.
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+ With `EasyTime`, you don't have to know which time string format to use,
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+ you can just ask `EasyTime` to convert it. If it can't, you'll get an
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+ `ArgumentError` exception.
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+
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+ ### `EasyTime` Comparison Class Methods
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+ One advantage of `EasyTime` values over the other time objects is that `EasyTime`
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+ can perform tolerant-comparisons, where the tolerance can be specified by
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+ you _(the developer)_.
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+
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+ These are the `EasyTime` class methods for comparison:
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+ EasyTime.newer?(t1, t2) # => true if t1 > t2
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+ EasyTime.older?(t1, t2) # => true if t1 < t2
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+ EasyTime.same?(t1, t2) # => true if t1 == t2 with tolerance
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+ EasyTime.compare(t1, t2) # => t1 <=> t2 => -1, 0, 1, or nil with tolerance
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+
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+ Each comparison method auto-converts both time arguments into a `Time` value,
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+ and then compares them with tolerance. This means that if the absolute
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+ difference between `t1` and `t2` is less than the configured tolerance value,
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+ then the two values will be considered equal _(the same)_.
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+
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+ If the two values are not tolerantly-equal, then the two values are compared
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+ with `<=>`, which normally returns one of three values: [-1, 0, 1]. However,
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+ since a tolerant-equality _(or sameness)_ was already tested and ruled out, the
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+ comparison using `<=>` will only ever return -1 or 1.
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+
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+ Finally, if either time value is nil, or cannot be converted to a Time value,
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+ the result of any comparison method is also nil.
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+ There are other methods that make use of the tolerant comparison:
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+ EasyTime.between?(t1, t_min, t_max) # => true if t1 >= t_min and t1 <= t_max
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+
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+ or
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+ ### Configuring the Comparison Tolerance
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+ As described above, the comparison tolerance value can be configured to
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+ The above will set the tolerance value to 15 seconds. This configuration is
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+ ### EasyTime Instance Methods
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+ Once a `EasyTime` value has been created, it is basically a wrapped `Time` value
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+ where the comparison methods are overridden in order to apply the comparison
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+ These are the instance methods:
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+ t1 < t2 # => true if t1 is older than t2
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+ t1 > t2 # => true if t1 is newer than t2
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+ t1 <= t2 # => true if t1 is the same or older as t2
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+ t1 >= t2 # => true if t1 is the same or newer as t2
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+ t1 != t2 # => true if t1 is not the same as t2 (with tolerance)
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+ t1 == t2 # => true if t1 is the same as t2 (with tolerance)
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+ On each of the above, the `t2` value will be automatically converted to
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+ In addition to the infix operators, there are the comparison instance methods:
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+ t1.newer?(t2) # => true if t1 is newer (>) than t2
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+ t1.older?(t2) # => true if t1 is older (<) then t2
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+ t1.same?(t2) # => true if t1 is equal (==) to t2
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+ t1.compare(t2) # => [-1, 0, 1] from t1 <=> t2
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+ t1.between?(t_min, t_max) #=> true if t_min >= t1 <= t_max
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+ t1.between?([t_min..t_max]) # => true if t1 is in the range
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+ In all the above instance methods, `t2`, `t_min`, or `t_max` may be any known
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+ date or time value, which is automatically converted into a Time value for the
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+ Arithmetic operators with auto-conversion are also supported:
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+ The `t2` can be a date, time or even a time string. In which case, the are
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+ converted to a `Time` value, and the subtraction is performed between two
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+ When arithmetic is performed with a `duration` value, then the result is a new
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+ ### Auto-Conversion Of Comparison Values
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+ The values provided on any comparison operator or method are converted to
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+ ### Comparison Tolerance Instance Methods
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+ As given above, the comparison tolerance value used on the instance methods is
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+ It is possible, however, to dynamically provide comparison tolerance when
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+ In addition to the class methods for comparison tolerance, it is possible to
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+ The `new` method accepts an optional `tolerance:` keyword value:
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+ The `.with_tolerance` method creates a _new_ `EasyTime` value with the
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+ specified tolerance, leaving the original value and configured tolerance
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+ ## Development
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+ After checking out the repo, run `bin/setup` to install dependencies. Then, run
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+ `rake spec` to run the tests. You can also run `bin/console` for an interactive
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+ prompt that will allow you to experiment.
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+ To install this gem onto your local machine, run `bundle exec rake install`. To
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+ release a new version, update the version number in `version.rb`, and then run
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+ `bundle exec rake release`, which will create a git tag for the version, push
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+ [rubygems.org](https://rubygems.org).
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+ ## Contributing
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+ Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/aks/easy_time.
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+ ## License
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+ The gem is available as open source under the terms of the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).
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+ ## Author
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+ Alan K. Stebbens `<aks@stebbens.org>`