From: Mikkel Bruun <mikkel@...>
Date: 2008-03-04T22:34:28+09:00
Subject: Re: making a monthly calendar...

Siep Korteling wrote:
> Todd Benson wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Jeremy McAnally
>> <jeremymcanally@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> There's a calendar_helper plugin if this is for a Rails app.  Works well for me.
>>>
>>>  --Jeremy
>> 
>> I agree.  If this is to be productive, then you probably don't have to
>> reinvent the wheel :)
>> 
>> Todd
> 
> Yes. Here is my effort anyway:
> 
> require 'date'
> require 'enumerator'
> 
> def days_to_show(year, month, num_week_rows)
>   # returns an array of the dates in month,
>   # with the last days of the preceding month
>   # and the first days of the next month
> 
>   first_of_month = Date.new(year, month, 1)
>   first = first_of_month - (first_of_month.wday)+1
>   # +1 for weeks starting on monday, remove for weeks starting on sunday
>   last = first + (num_week_rows * 7)
>   (first...last).to_a
> end
> 
> days = days_to_show(2008, 3, 6)
> days.each_slice(7) do |week|
>   print "| "
>   week.each{|day| print day.to_s + "\t| "}
>   puts
> end
> 
> The only thing noteworthy is the range of dates, which produces an 
> array.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Siep

That is really an elegant solution and it works between years 
also....but....

What happens when you run ays = days_to_show(2008, 6, 6) ??? it shows 
june as starting on sunday 2 of june....

really wierd

Mikkel

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