lazy_date.rb

# As if Ruby didn't make dates any easier, this!
# (#method_missing is disgusting and I love it.)
#
# 25.december 2015 #=> Fri, 25 Dec 2015
#
class Fixnum
  def method_missing(month, year=nil)
    Date::MONTHNAMES.each_with_index do |m, i|
      return Date.new year, i, self if m && month.to_s.casecmp(m)==0
    end
    super
  end
end