Pattern: Misuse of date-aware method
Issue: -
This rule checks for the correct use of Date methods,
such as Date.today, Date.current etc.
Using Date.today is dangerous, because it doesn't know anything about
Rails time zone. You should use Time.zone.today instead.
The rule also reports warnings when you are using to_time method,
because it doesn't know about Rails time zone either.
Two styles are supported for this rule. When EnforcedStyle is strict
then the Date methods (today, current, yesterday, tomorrow)
are prohibited and the usage of both to_time
and to_time_in_current_zone is reported as warning.
When EnforcedStyle is flexible then only Date.today is prohibited
and only to_time is reported as warning.
# no offense
Time.zone.today
Time.zone.today - 1.day
# flexible
Date.current
Date.yesterday
# always reports offense
Date.today
date.to_time
# reports offense only when style is 'strict'
date.to_time_in_current_zone| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| EnforcedStyle | flexible |
| SupportedStyles | strict, flexible |