gistfile1.txt

def leap_day(date)
    date.month == 2 && date.mday == 29 && Date.leap?(date.year)
  end

  def hire_date 
    DateTime.new(2013,4,16)  # self.hire_date - Should be a db field, just for temporarily messing around 
  end

  def current_date
    DateTime.now  # maybe should change to DateTime.new(DateTime.now.year, DateTime.now.month, DateTime.now.mday ) to get rid of the timestamp since most places don't care about what hour of the day it is
  end

  def total_days_current_year
    DateTime.new(current_date.year, 12, -1).yday()
  end
  
  def years_employed
    # If leap day, change calculated startding day to the 28th since DateTime doesn't support invalid dates. 
    # I prefer not to outright subtract since it's not as deliberate and can be an issue if everything is not properly typecast
    # Include the day started as a full day, consider current_date a full day
    # The leap day adding logic is not quite complete though. What if the current_date is a leap day, etc.?
    year_point = current_date.year - hire_date.year
    start_date = leap_day(hire_date) ? DateTime.new(hire_date.year, 2, 28) : hire_date    # I like recasting the hire day as start_date because then we don't worry about seconds, etc., but should really be addressed in hire_date and start_date
    adder_date = DateTime.new(start_date.year + year_point, start_date.month, start_date.mday)

    if (adder_date != current_date)
      (year_point + (current_date.yday() - adder_date.yday() + 1).to_f/total_days_current_year.to_f).to_f
    else 
      year_point
    end
  end