Birthday gem examples

birthday_console

> User.find_birthdays_for(Date.parse('04-04-2000'))
 => [#<User id: 23, birthday: "1961-04-04">, #<User id: 34, birthday: "1985-04-04">]

birthday_console_2

> User.find_birthdays_for(Date.parse('04-04-2000'), Date.parse('05-04-2000'))
 => [#<User id: 23, birthday: "1961-04-04">, #<User id: 34, birthday: "1985-04-04">, #<User id: 56, birthday: "1976-04-24">, #<User id: 57, birthday: "1958-04-30">, #<User id: 60, birthday: "1986-05-04">]

birthday_console_3

# This will search for birthdays between 12.12 and 3.01
> User.find_birthdays_for(Date.parse('12-12-2000'), Date.parse('03-01-2001'))
 => [#<User id: 1, birthday: "1961-12-14">, #<User id: 12, birthday: "1985-12-15">, #<User id: 25, birthday: "1961-12-24">, #<User id: 27, birthday: "1985-01-01">, #<User id: 40, birthday: "1961-01-02">]

birthday_console_4

> u = User.find(1)
 => #<User id: 1, birthday: "1961-12-14">
> u.birthday_age
 => 50
> u.birthday_today?
 => false
 # obviously true on 14 December

birthday_console_5

class User < ActiveRecord::Base

  acts_as_birthday :birthday

  scope :admins, {:is_admin => true}
  scope :named_like, lambda { |name| { :conditions => [ "first_name LIKE :q OR email LIKE :q OR last_name LIKE :q", { :q => "%#{name}%" } ] } }

end


> User.admins.named_like("Mike").find_birthdays_for(Date.parse('12-12-2000'), Date.parse('03-01-2001'))

marriage.rb

class Marriage < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_birthday :anniversary
end

marriage_console

 # (Date.today = 2011-10-14)

> marriage = Marriage.create(:anniversary => Date.parse('1999-10-14'))
 => #<Marriage id: 1, :anniversary => "1999-10-14">
> marriage.anniversary_today?
 => true
> marriage.anniversary_age
 => 12

> marriage2 = Marriage.create(:anniversary => Date.parse('1999-10-24'))
 => #<Marriage id: 2, :anniversary => "1999-10-24">
> marriage2.anniversary_today?
 => false
> marriage2.anniversary_age
 => 11

> Marriage.find_anniversaries_for(Date.parse('2001-10-24'))
 => [#<Marriage id: 2, :anniversary => "1999-10-24">]

user.rb

class User < ActiveRecord::Base

  acts_as_birthday :birthday

end