weekend_warrior

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weekend_warrior is a gem by James Cropcho and Ben Moss for handling 5-day workweeks. It provides the Time and Date classes with several methods that make identifying and selecting weekdays simple. It was built as part of a project management application that needed to skip weekends.

Quick Start

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gem install weekend_warrior

Usage

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cinco_de_mayo = Date.parse(‘05/5/2011’)

cinco_de_mayo.weekend? - Is the given date a weekend day?

cinco_de_mayo.go_backward_by_weekdays(5) - Returns the date 5 weekdays prior from the given date.

cinco_de_mayo.go_forward_by_weekdays(5) - Returns the date 5 weekdays after the given date.