module SugarCube module DateParser # Parse a date string: E.g.: # # SugarCube::DateParser.parse_date "There is a date in here tomorrow at 9:00 AM" # # => 2013-02-20 09:00:00 -0800 def self.parse_date(date_string) result = sugarcube_detect(date_string).first if result return result.date else return sugarcube_iso8601(date_string) end end # Parse time zone from date # # SugarCube::DateParser.parse_date "There is a date in here tomorrow at 9:00 AM EDT" # # Caveat: This is implemented per Apple documentation. I've never really # seen it work. def self.parse_time_zone(date_string) result = sugarcube_detect(date_string).first result && result.timeZone end # Parse a date string: E.g.: # # SugarCube::DateParser.parse_date "You have a meeting from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM" # # => 21600.0 # # Divide by 3600.0 to get number of hours duration. def self.parse_duration(date_string) result = sugarcube_detect(date_string).first result && result.send(:duration) end # Parse a date into a raw match array for further processing def self.match(date_string) sugarcube_detect(date_string) end private def self.sugarcube_detect(date_string) @@sugarcube_detector ||= NSDataDetector.dataDetectorWithTypes(NSTextCheckingTypeDate, error:Pointer.new(:object)) return @@sugarcube_detector.matchesInString(date_string, options:0, range:NSMakeRange(0, date_string.length)) end def self.sugarcube_iso8601(date_string) @@sugarcube_iso_detectors ||= [ "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss", "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ", "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.S", "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SZ", ].map do |date_format| formatter = NSDateFormatter.alloc.init formatter.timeZone = NSTimeZone.timeZoneWithAbbreviation "UTC" formatter.dateFormat = date_format formatter end return @@sugarcube_iso_detectors.inject(nil) { |date, formatter| date || formatter.dateFromString(date_string) } end end end class String # Use NSDataDetector to parse a string containing a date # or duration. These can be of the form: # # "tomorrow at 7:30 PM" # "11.23.2013" # "from 7:30 to 10:00 AM" # # etc. def to_date SugarCube::DateParser.parse_date(self) end def to_timezone SugarCube::DateParser.parse_time_zone(self) end def to_duration SugarCube::DateParser.parse_duration(self) end end