smart_month 1.0.0

data/smart_month.gemspec

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+# Generated by jeweler
+# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY
+# Instead, edit Jeweler::Tasks in Rakefile, and run the gemspec command
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name = %q{smart_month}
+  s.version = "1.0.0"
+
+  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
+  s.authors = ["Derek Perez", "Jonathan Silverman"]
+  s.date = %q{2010-01-06}
+  s.description = %q{You can use SmartMonth to: 
+- Determine the first tuesday of any month in any year. 
+- Determine all of the fridays of any month in any year. 
+- Iterate through all the days of a month. 
+- Determine how many days of the month there are. 
+- Determine the first and last days of the month. 
+- And other fun date/month related things!}
+  s.email = %q{derek@derekperez.com}
+  s.extra_rdoc_files = [
+    "README"
+  ]
+  s.files = [
+    "MIT-LICENSE",
+     "README",
+     "Rakefile",
+     "VERSION",
+     "lib/month.rb",
+     "lib/smart_month.rb",
+     "lib/smart_month/calculations.rb",
+     "lib/smart_month/collection.rb",
+     "lib/smart_month/extensions/date.rb",
+     "lib/smart_month/magic.rb",
+     "lib/smart_month/math.rb",
+     "lib/smart_month/rulesets.rb",
+     "lib/smart_month/util.rb",
+     "pkg/smart_month-1.0.0.gem",
+     "rdoc/classes/Date.html",
+     "rdoc/classes/Month.html",
+     "rdoc/classes/SmartMonth.html",
+     "rdoc/classes/SmartMonth/Calculations.html",
+     "rdoc/classes/SmartMonth/Collection.html",
+     "rdoc/classes/SmartMonth/Magic.html",
+     "rdoc/classes/SmartMonth/Magic/MonthFactory.html",
+     "rdoc/classes/SmartMonth/Math.html",
+     "rdoc/classes/SmartMonth/Rulesets.html",
+     "rdoc/classes/SmartMonth/Util.html",
+     "rdoc/classes/Time.html",
+     "rdoc/created.rid",
+     "rdoc/files/README.html",
+     "rdoc/files/lib/month_rb.html",
+     "rdoc/files/lib/smart_month/calculations_rb.html",
+     "rdoc/files/lib/smart_month/collection_rb.html",
+     "rdoc/files/lib/smart_month/extensions/date_rb.html",
+     "rdoc/files/lib/smart_month/magic_rb.html",
+     "rdoc/files/lib/smart_month/math_rb.html",
+     "rdoc/files/lib/smart_month/rulesets_rb.html",
+     "rdoc/files/lib/smart_month/util_rb.html",
+     "rdoc/files/lib/smart_month_rb.html",
+     "rdoc/fr_class_index.html",
+     "rdoc/fr_file_index.html",
+     "rdoc/fr_method_index.html",
+     "rdoc/index.html",
+     "rdoc/rdoc-style.css",
+     "smart_month.gemspec",
+     "test/spec/date/accessor_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/add_month_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/add_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/boat_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/civil_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/commercial_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/constants_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/conversions_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/downto_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/eql_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/gregorian_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/hash_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/infinity_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/julian_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/minus_month_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/minus_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/new_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/neww_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/ordinal_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/parse_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/relationship_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/shared/civil.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/shared/commercial.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/shared/parse.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/shared/parse_eu.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/shared/parse_us.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/step_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/strftime_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/strptime_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/upto_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/parsedate/parsedate.rb",
+     "test/spec/time/httpdate_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/time/iso8601_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/time/rfc2822_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/time/rfc822_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/time/shared/rfc2822.rb",
+     "test/spec/time/shared/xmlschema.rb",
+     "test/spec/time/xmlschema_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec_helper.rb",
+     "test/test_helper.rb",
+     "test/unit/calculations_test.rb",
+     "test/unit/collection_test.rb",
+     "test/unit/magic_test.rb",
+     "test/unit/math_test.rb",
+     "test/unit/rulesets_test.rb",
+     "test/unit/samples/test_ruleset.yml",
+     "test/unit/util_test.rb"
+  ]
+  s.homepage = %q{http://github.com/perezd/smart_month}
+  s.rdoc_options = ["--charset=UTF-8"]
+  s.require_paths = ["lib"]
+  s.rubygems_version = %q{1.3.5}
+  s.summary = %q{SmartMonth is a "bodysnatcher" plugin that takes boring Date month fixnums and replaces them with a rich toolkit of functionality.}
+  s.test_files = [
+    "test/test_helper.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/strftime_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/ordinal_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/step_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/hash_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/new_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/relationship_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/julian_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/shared/parse.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/shared/civil.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/shared/parse_eu.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/shared/parse_us.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/shared/commercial.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/strptime_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/neww_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/add_month_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/add_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/minus_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/civil_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/minus_month_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/commercial_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/parse_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/gregorian_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/downto_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/accessor_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/upto_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/infinity_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/boat_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/eql_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/constants_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/date/conversions_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/parsedate/parsedate.rb",
+     "test/spec/time/shared/rfc2822.rb",
+     "test/spec/time/shared/xmlschema.rb",
+     "test/spec/time/httpdate_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/time/rfc2822_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/time/iso8601_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/time/xmlschema_spec.rb",
+     "test/spec/time/rfc822_spec.rb",
+     "test/unit/util_test.rb",
+     "test/unit/calculations_test.rb",
+     "test/unit/collection_test.rb",
+     "test/unit/math_test.rb",
+     "test/unit/rulesets_test.rb",
+     "test/unit/magic_test.rb",
+     "test/spec_helper.rb"
+  ]
+
+  if s.respond_to? :specification_version then
+    current_version = Gem::Specification::CURRENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION
+    s.specification_version = 3
+
+    if Gem::Version.new(Gem::RubyGemsVersion) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
+    else
+    end
+  else
+  end
+end
+

data/test/spec/date/accessor_spec.rb

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+require 'date' 
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
+
+describe "Date#ajd" do
+  it "should be able to determine the Astronomical Julian day for a date" do
+    Date.civil(2007, 1, 17).ajd.should == 4908235.to_r / 2
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#amjd" do
+  it "should be able to determine the Astronomical Modified Julian day for a date" do
+    Date.civil(2007, 1, 17).amjd.should == 54117
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#day_fraction" do
+  it "should be able to determine the day fraction for a date" do
+    Date.civil(2007, 1, 17).day_fraction.should == 0
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#mjd" do
+  it "should be able to determine the Modified Julian day for a date" do
+    Date.civil(2007, 1, 17).mjd.should == 54117
+  end 
+end
+
+describe "Date#ld" do
+  it "should be able to determine the Modified Julian day for a date" do
+    Date.civil(2007, 1, 17).ld.should == 154958
+  end 
+end
+
+describe "Date#year" do
+  it "should be able to determine the year for a date" do
+    Date.civil(2007, 1, 17).year.should == 2007
+  end 
+end
+
+describe "Date#yday" do
+  it "should be able to determine the year for a date" do
+    Date.civil(2007,  1, 17).yday.should == 17
+    Date.civil(2008, 10, 28).yday.should == 302
+  end 
+end
+
+describe "Date#mon" do
+  it "should be able to determine the month for a date" do
+    Date.civil(2007,  1, 17).mon.should == 1
+    Date.civil(2008, 10, 28).mon.should == 10
+  end 
+end
+
+describe "Date#mday" do
+  it "should be able to determine the day of the month for a date" do
+    Date.civil(2007,  1, 17).mday.should == 17
+    Date.civil(2008, 10, 28).mday.should == 28
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#wday" do
+  it "should be able to determine the week day for a date" do
+    Date.civil(2007,  1, 17).wday.should == 3
+    Date.civil(2008, 10, 26).wday.should == 0
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#cwyear" do
+  it "should be able to determine the commercial year for a date" do
+    Date.civil(2007,  1, 17).cwyear.should == 2007
+    Date.civil(2008, 10, 28).cwyear.should == 2008
+    Date.civil(2007, 12, 31).cwyear.should == 2008
+    Date.civil(2010,  1,  1).cwyear.should == 2009
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#cweek" do
+  it "should be able to determine the commercial week for a date" do
+    Date.civil(2007,  1, 17).cweek.should == 3
+    Date.civil(2008, 10, 28).cweek.should == 44
+    Date.civil(2007, 12, 31).cweek.should == 1
+    Date.civil(2010,  1,  1).cweek.should == 53
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#cwday" do
+  it "should be able to determine the commercial week day for a date" do
+    Date.civil(2007,  1, 17).cwday.should == 3
+    Date.civil(2008, 10, 26).cwday.should == 7
+  end  
+end

data/test/spec/date/add_month_spec.rb

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+require 'date' 
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
+
+describe "Date#>>" do
+
+  it "should add a number of months to a Date" do
+    d = Date.civil(2007,2,27) >> 10
+    d.should == Date.civil(2007, 12, 27)
+  end
+
+
+  it "should result in the last day of a month if the day doesn't exist" do
+    d = Date.civil(2008,3,31) >> 1
+    d.should == Date.civil(2008, 4, 30)
+  end
+
+  it "should raise an error on non numeric parameters" do
+    lambda { Date.civil(2007,2,27) >> :hello }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    lambda { Date.civil(2007,2,27) >> "hello" }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    lambda { Date.civil(2007,2,27) >> Date.new }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    lambda { Date.civil(2007,2,27) >> Object.new }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+  end
+  
+end

data/test/spec/date/add_spec.rb

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+require 'date' 
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
+
+describe "Date#+" do
+
+  it "should add a number of days to a Date" do
+    d = Date.civil(2007,2,27) + 10
+    d.should == Date.civil(2007, 3, 9)
+  end
+  
+  it "should add a negative number of days to a Date" do
+    d = Date.civil(2007,2,27).+(-10)
+    d.should == Date.civil(2007, 2, 17)
+  end
+
+  it "should raise an error on non numeric parameters" do
+    lambda { Date.civil(2007,2,27) + :hello }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    lambda { Date.civil(2007,2,27) + "hello" }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    lambda { Date.civil(2007,2,27) + Date.new }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+    lambda { Date.civil(2007,2,27) + Object.new }.should raise_error(TypeError)
+  end
+  
+end

data/test/spec/date/boat_spec.rb

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+require 'date' 
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
+
+describe "Date#<=>" do
+
+  it "should be able to compare two same dates" do
+    (Date.civil(2000, 04, 06) <=> Date.civil(2000, 04, 06)).should == 0
+  end
+
+  it "should be able to compute the difference between two dates" do
+    (Date.civil(2000, 04, 05) <=> Date.civil(2000, 04, 06)).should == -1
+    (Date.civil(2001, 04, 05) <=> Date.civil(2000, 04, 06)).should == 1
+  end
+
+  it "should be able to compare to another numeric" do
+    (Date.civil(2000, 04, 05) <=> Date.civil(2000, 04, 06).jd).should == -1
+    (Date.civil(2001, 04, 05) <=> Date.civil(2000, 04, 06).jd).should == 1
+  end
+
+end

data/test/spec/date/civil_spec.rb

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+require 'date' 
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/shared/civil'
+
+describe "Date#civil" do
+
+  it_behaves_like(:date_civil, :civil)
+
+end
+
+describe "Date#valid_civil?" do
+
+  it "should be able to determine if a date is valid" do
+    Date.valid_civil?(1582, 10, 14).should == nil
+    Date.valid_civil?(1582, 10, 15).should == Date.civil(1582, 10, 15).jd
+    Date.valid_civil?(1582, 10, 14, Date::ENGLAND).should_not == nil
+    Date.valid_civil?(1582, 10, 14, Date::ENGLAND).should == Date.civil(1582, 10, 14, Date::ENGLAND).jd
+  end
+  
+  it "should be able to handle negative months and days" do
+    Date.valid_civil?(1582, -3, -18).should == nil
+    Date.valid_civil?(1582, -3, -17).should == Date.civil(1582, 10, 15).jd
+    
+    Date.valid_civil?(2007, -11, -10).should == Date.civil(2007, 2, 19).jd
+    Date.valid_civil?(2008, -11, -10).should == Date.civil(2008, 2, 20).jd
+  end
+
+end

data/test/spec/date/commercial_spec.rb

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+require 'date' 
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/shared/commercial'
+
+describe "Date#commercial" do
+
+  it_behaves_like(:date_commercial, :commercial)
+
+end
+
+describe "Date#valid_commercial?" do
+
+  it "should be able to determine if the date is a valid commercial date" do
+    Date.valid_commercial?(1582, 41, 4).should == nil
+    Date.valid_commercial?(1582, 41, 5).should == Date.civil(1582, 10, 15).jd
+    # valid_commercial? can't handle dates before the Gregorian calendar
+    Date.valid_commercial?(1582, 41, 4, Date::ENGLAND).should == nil
+    Date.valid_commercial?(1752, 37, 4, Date::ENGLAND).should == Date.civil(1752, 9, 14, Date::ENGLAND).jd
+  end
+
+  it "should be able to handle negative week and day numbers" do
+    Date.valid_commercial?(1582, -12, -4).should == nil
+    Date.valid_commercial?(1582, -12, -3).should == Date.civil(1582, 10, 15).jd
+    
+    Date.valid_commercial?(2007, -44, -2).should == Date.civil(2007, 3, 3).jd
+    Date.valid_commercial?(2008, -44, -2).should == Date.civil(2008, 3, 1).jd
+  end
+
+end

data/test/spec/date/constants_spec.rb

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+require 'date' 
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
+
+describe "Date constants" do
+
+  it "should define ITALY" do
+    Date::ITALY.should == 2299161 # 1582-10-15
+  end
+
+  it "should define ENGLAND" do
+    Date::ENGLAND.should == 2361222 # 1752-09-14
+  end
+  
+  # Fixes in 1.8.7
+  ruby_bug "#", "1.8.6" do
+    it "should define JULIAN" do
+      (Date::JULIAN <=> Date::Infinity.new).should == 0
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Fixed in 1.8.7
+  ruby_bug "#", "1.8.6" do
+    it "should define GREGORIAN" do
+      (Date::GREGORIAN <=> -Date::Infinity.new).should == 0
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "should define MONTHNAMES" do
+    Date::MONTHNAMES.should == [nil] + %w(January February March April May June July
+                                          August September October November December)
+  end
+  
+  it "should define DAYNAMES" do
+    Date::DAYNAMES.should == %w(Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday)
+  end
+  
+  it "should define ABBR_MONTHNAMES" do
+    Date::ABBR_DAYNAMES.should == %w(Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat)
+  end
+
+end

data/test/spec/date/conversions_spec.rb

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+require 'date' 
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
+
+
+describe "Date#new_start" do
+  it "should convert a date object into another with a new calendar reform" do
+    Date.civil(1582, 10, 14, Date::ENGLAND).new_start.should == Date.civil(1582, 10, 24)
+    Date.civil(1582, 10,  4, Date::ENGLAND).new_start.should == Date.civil(1582, 10,  4)
+    Date.civil(1582, 10, 15).new_start(Date::ENGLAND).should == Date.civil(1582, 10,  5, Date::ENGLAND)
+    Date.civil(1752,  9, 14).new_start(Date::ENGLAND).should == Date.civil(1752,  9, 14, Date::ENGLAND)
+    Date.civil(1752,  9, 13).new_start(Date::ENGLAND).should == Date.civil(1752,  9,  2, Date::ENGLAND)
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#italy" do
+  it "should convert a date object into another with the Italian calendar reform" do
+    Date.civil(1582, 10, 14, Date::ENGLAND).italy.should == Date.civil(1582, 10, 24)
+    Date.civil(1582, 10,  4, Date::ENGLAND).italy.should == Date.civil(1582, 10,  4)
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#england" do
+  it "should convert a date object into another with the English calendar reform" do
+    Date.civil(1582, 10, 15).england.should == Date.civil(1582, 10,  5, Date::ENGLAND)
+    Date.civil(1752,  9, 14).england.should == Date.civil(1752,  9, 14, Date::ENGLAND)
+    Date.civil(1752,  9, 13).england.should == Date.civil(1752,  9,  2, Date::ENGLAND)
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#julian" do
+  it "should convert a date object into another with the Julian calendar" do
+    Date.civil(1582, 10, 15).julian.should == Date.civil(1582, 10,  5, Date::JULIAN)
+    Date.civil(1752,  9, 14).julian.should == Date.civil(1752,  9,  3, Date::JULIAN)
+    Date.civil(1752,  9, 13).julian.should == Date.civil(1752,  9,  2, Date::JULIAN)
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#gregorian" do
+  it "should convert a date object into another with the Gregorian calendar" do
+    Date.civil(1582, 10,  4).gregorian.should == Date.civil(1582, 10, 14, Date::GREGORIAN)
+    Date.civil(1752,  9, 14).gregorian.should == Date.civil(1752,  9, 14, Date::GREGORIAN)
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#ordinal_to_jd" do
+  it "should convert an ordinal date (year-day) to a Julian day number" do
+    Date.ordinal_to_jd(2007, 55).should == 2454156
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#jd_to_ordinal" do
+  it "should convert a Julian day number into an ordinal date" do
+    Date.jd_to_ordinal(2454156).should == [2007, 55]
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#civil_to_jd" do
+  it "should convert a civil date into a Julian day number" do
+    Date.civil_to_jd(2007, 2, 24).should == 2454156
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#jd_to_civil" do
+  it "should convert a Julian day into a civil date" do
+    Date.jd_to_civil(2454156).should == [2007, 2, 24]
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#commercial_to_jd" do
+  it "should convert a commercial date (year - week - day of week) into a Julian day number" do
+    Date.commercial_to_jd(2007, 45, 1).should == 2454410
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#jd_to_commercial" do
+  it "should convert a Julian day number into a commercial date" do
+    Date.jd_to_commercial(2454410).should == [2007, 45, 1]
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#ajd_to_jd" do
+  it "should convert a Astronomical Julian day number into a Julian day number" do
+    Date.ajd_to_jd(2454410).should == [2454410, Rational(1,2)]
+    Date.ajd_to_jd(2454410, 1.to_r / 2).should == [2454411, 0]
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#jd_to_ajd" do
+  it "should convert a Julian day number into a Astronomical Julian day number" do
+    Date.jd_to_ajd(2454410, 0).should == 2454410 - Rational(1, 2)
+    Date.jd_to_ajd(2454410, 1.to_r / 2).should == 2454410
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#day_fraction_to_time" do
+  it "should be able to convert a day fraction into time" do
+    Date.day_fraction_to_time(2).should == [48, 0, 0, 0]
+    Date.day_fraction_to_time(1).should == [24, 0, 0, 0]
+    Date.day_fraction_to_time(1.to_r / 2).should == [12, 0, 0, 0]
+    Date.day_fraction_to_time(1.to_r / 7).should == [3, 25, 42, 1.to_r / 100800]
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#time_to_day_fraction" do
+  it "should be able to convert a time into a day fraction" do
+    Date.time_to_day_fraction(48, 0, 0).should == 2
+    Date.time_to_day_fraction(24, 0, 0).should == 1
+    Date.time_to_day_fraction(12, 0, 0).should == 1.to_r / 2
+    Date.time_to_day_fraction(10, 20, 10).should == 10.to_r / 24 + 20.to_r / (24 * 60) + 10.to_r / (24 * 60 * 60)
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#amjd_to_ajd" do
+  it "shoud be able to convert Astronomical Modified Julian day numbers into Astronomical Julian day numbers" do
+    Date.amjd_to_ajd(10).should == 10 + 2400000 + 1.to_r / 2
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#ajd_to_amjd" do
+  it "shoud be able to convert Astronomical Julian day numbers into Astronomical Modified Julian day numbers" do
+    Date.ajd_to_amjd(10000010).should == 10000010 - 2400000 - 1.to_r / 2
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#mjd_to_jd" do
+  it "shoud be able to convert Modified Julian day numbers into Julian day numbers" do
+    Date.mjd_to_jd(2000).should == 2000 + 2400001
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#jd_to_mjd" do
+  it "shoud be able to convert Julian day numbers into Modified Julian day numbers" do
+    Date.jd_to_mjd(2500000).should == 2500000 - 2400001
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#ld_to_jd" do
+  it "should be able to convert the number of days since the Gregorian calendar in Italy into Julian day numbers" do
+    Date.ld_to_jd(450000).should == 450000 + 2299160
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#jd_to_ld" do
+  it "should be able to convert Julian day numbers into the number of days since the Gregorian calendar in Italy" do
+    Date.jd_to_ld(2450000).should == 2450000 - 2299160
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Date#jd_to_wday" do
+  it "should be able to convert a Julian day number into a week day number" do
+    Date.jd_to_wday(2454482).should == 3
+  end
+end