require 'date' # Makes working with the UK financial or fiscal year easier. class UkFinancialYear include Comparable # creates a new UkFinancialYear as the financial year which # includes the given date # @param [Date] date the date to create a financial year for. # If missing returns the current financial year # @return [UkFinancialYear] the financial year which covers the date def initialize date=Date.today start_date = start_date date @range = start_date...start_date.next_year end # returns string representation of the financial year in the form '2000/01'. # This is the form HMRC use. # @return [String] representation in the form of the first year as four # digits, a '/', then the last year as two digits def to_s "#{first_day.year}/#{last_day.year.to_s[-2..-1]}" end # creates a new UkFinancialYear from a string in the form '2000/01' # @param [String] s the two years of the financial year in the form # of the first year as four digits, a '/', then the last year as # two digits # @raise [RuntimeError] if the string cannot be parsed to a financial year # @return [UkFinancialYear] the financial year specified by the string def UkFinancialYear.from_s s if /^(?\d{4})\/(?\d{2})$/ =~ s year1 = year1.to_i year1_century = year1 / 100 year2_century = year1 % 100 == 99 ? year1_century + 1 : year1_century year2 = year2_century * 100 + year2.to_i raise %{"#{year1}" and "#{year2}" are not consecutive years} unless year2 == year1 + 1 return new(Date.new year1, 4, 6) end raise %{"#{s}" does not match FY string format} end # returns the date of the first day of the financial year # @return [Date] the first day def first_day @range.min end # returns the date of the last day of the financial year # @return [Date] the last day def last_day @range.max end # tells if the financial year includes the given date # @param [Date] date the date to check # @return [Boolean] to indicate if the date is within the financial year def include? date @range.include? date end # returns the next financial year # @return [UkFinancialYear] the next financial year def next UkFinancialYear.new self.first_day.next_year end # returns the previous financial year # @return [UkFinancialYear] the previous financial year def previous UkFinancialYear.new self.first_day.prev_year end def adjacent? other_financial_year self.first_day.next_year == other_financial_year.first_day or self.first_day.prev_year == other_financial_year.first_day end # tells if the given date or financial year is before this one # @param [Date] date_or_fy date or financial year to check # @return [Boolean] to indicate if this financial year is before def before? date_or_fy self.first_day.before?(date_to_compare date_or_fy) end # tells if the given date or financial year is after this one # @param (see FixedOdds#before?) # @return [Boolean] to indicate if this financial year is after def after? date_or_fy self.first_day.after?(date_to_compare date_or_fy) end # returns the period before this date in the financial year # @param [Date] date a date in the financial year # @return [Range] the period before this date in the the # financial year def period_before date raise "#{date} is before FY #{to_s}" if date < first_day raise "#{date} is after FY #{to_s}" if date > last_day first_day...date end # equality method def == other self.first_day == other.first_day end # lesser financial years are those which occur earliest def <=> other self.first_day <=> other.first_day end private def date_to_compare other if other.is_a?(Date) then other else other.first_day end end def start_date date swap_date_that_year = Date.new date.year, 4, 6 (date.after?(swap_date_that_year) or date == swap_date_that_year) ? swap_date_that_year : swap_date_that_year.prev_year end end class Date def before? other self < other end def after? other self > other end end