module Egn class Validator attr_reader :egn # Convenience method def self.validate(egn) Validator.new(egn).validate end def initialize(egn) @egn = egn @year, @month, @day = explode_date(egn) end # Checks if a given EGN is valid def validate return false unless @egn.length == 10 return false unless Date.valid_date?(@year, @month, @day) # Calculate the checksum and check if the given one is correct checksum = Util.egn_checksum(@egn[0,9]) checksum == @egn[9].to_i end private def explode_date(egn) year, month, day = egn.scan(/.{1,2}/).map(&:to_i) year, month = Util.determine_date(year, month) [year, month, day] end end end