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-rwxr-xr-xapp/helpers/link_to_helper.rb51
-rw-r--r--spec/helpers/link_to_helper_spec.rb40
2 files changed, 86 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/app/helpers/link_to_helper.rb b/app/helpers/link_to_helper.rb
index 405886a85..bf70f9140 100755
--- a/app/helpers/link_to_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/link_to_helper.rb
@@ -279,13 +279,58 @@ module LinkToHelper
end
end
- # Basic date format
- def simple_date(date)
+ # Public: Usually-correct format for a DateTime-ish object
+ # To define a new new format define the `simple_date_{FORMAT}` method
+ #
+ # date - a DateTime, Date or Time
+ # opts - a Hash of options (default: { format: :html})
+ # :format - :html returns a HTML <time> tag
+ # :text returns a plain String
+ #
+ # Examples
+ #
+ # simple_date(Time.now)
+ # # => "<time>..."
+ #
+ # simple_date(Time.now, :format => :text)
+ # # => "March 10, 2014"
+ #
+ # Returns a String
+ # Raises ArgumentError if the format is unrecognized
+ def simple_date(date, opts = {})
+ opts = { :format => :html }.merge(opts)
+ date_formatter = "simple_date_#{ opts[:format] }"
+
+ if respond_to?(date_formatter)
+ send(date_formatter, date)
+ else
+ raise ArgumentError, "Unrecognised format :#{ opts[:format] }"
+ end
+ end
+
+ # Usually-correct HTML formatting of a DateTime-ish object
+ # Use LinkToHelper#simple_date with desired formatting options
+ #
+ # date - a DateTime, Date or Time
+ #
+ # Returns a String
+ def simple_date_html(date)
+ date = date.in_time_zone unless date.is_a? Date
+ time_tag date, simple_date_text(date), :title => date.to_s
+ end
+
+ # Usually-correct plain text formatting of a DateTime-ish object
+ # Use LinkToHelper#simple_date with desired formatting options
+ #
+ # date - a DateTime, Date or Time
+ #
+ # Returns a String
+ def simple_date_text(date)
date = date.in_time_zone.to_date unless date.is_a? Date
date_format = _("simple_date_format")
date_format = :long if date_format == "simple_date_format"
- return I18n.l(date, :format => date_format)
+ I18n.l(date, :format => date_format)
end
def simple_time(date)
diff --git a/spec/helpers/link_to_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/link_to_helper_spec.rb
index 2259db6c2..4a01ec683 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/link_to_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/link_to_helper_spec.rb
@@ -70,14 +70,50 @@ describe LinkToHelper do
end
describe 'simple_date' do
+
+ it 'formats a date in html by default' do
+ time = Time.utc(2012, 11, 07, 21, 30, 26)
+ self.should_receive(:simple_date_html).with(time)
+ simple_date(time)
+ end
+
+ it 'formats a date in the specified format' do
+ time = Time.utc(2012, 11, 07, 21, 30, 26)
+ self.should_receive(:simple_date_text).with(time)
+ simple_date(time, :format => :text)
+ end
+
+ it 'raises an argument error if given an unrecognized format' do
+ time = Time.utc(2012, 11, 07, 21, 30, 26)
+ expect { simple_date(time, :format => :unknown) }.to raise_error(ArgumentError)
+ end
+
+ end
+
+ describe 'simple_date_html' do
+
+ it 'formats a date in a time tag' do
+ Time.use_zone('London') do
+ time = Time.utc(2012, 11, 07, 21, 30, 26)
+ expected = "<time datetime=\"2012-11-07T21:30:26+00:00\" title=\"2012-11-07 21:30:26 +0000\">November 07, 2012</time>"
+ simple_date_html(time).should == expected
+ end
+ end
+
+ end
+
+ describe 'simple_date_text' do
+
it 'should respect time zones' do
Time.use_zone('Australia/Sydney') do
- simple_date(Time.utc(2012, 11, 07, 21, 30, 26)).should == 'November 08, 2012'
+ simple_date_text(Time.utc(2012, 11, 07, 21, 30, 26)).should == 'November 08, 2012'
end
end
it 'should handle Date objects' do
- simple_date(Date.new(2012, 11, 21)).should == 'November 21, 2012'
+ simple_date_text(Date.new(2012, 11, 21)).should == 'November 21, 2012'
end
+
end
+
end