Class Time

environment.rb

[Time, Date].each do |clazz|
  eval "#{clazz}::MONTHNAMES = [nil] + %w(January February March April May June July August September October November December)"
  eval "#{clazz}::DAYNAMES = %w(Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday)"
  eval "#{clazz}::ABBR_MONTHNAMES = [nil] + %w(Jan Fev Mar Abr May Jun Jul Ago Set Out Nov Dez)"
  eval "#{clazz}::ABBR_DAYNAMES = %w(Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat)"
end

class Time
  class << self
    
    alias :org_now :now

    def strftime(format)
      format = format.dup

      format.gsub!(/%a/, Date::ABBR_DAYNAMES[self.wday])
      format.gsub!(/%A/, Date::DAYNAMES[self.wday])
      format.gsub!(/%b/, Date::ABBR_MONTHNAMES[self.mon])
      format.gsub!(/%B/, Date::MONTHNAMES[self.mon])
      self.strftime(format)
    end

    # switch the month and day field for expecting US dates
    def now
      Time.org_now.gmtime + Time.org_now.utc_offset
    end
    alias :strftime_nolocale :strftime

  end

end