application_helper.rb

module ApplicationHelper

  # A simple helper counting/calculating business days from_now in ruby on rails 
  # from a desired time interval (i.e. ten business days from now)

  def business_days_from_now(interval=10)
    business_days = 0
    total_days = 0
    while business_days < interval
      total_days+=1
      business_days += 1 unless [0, 6].include?(total_days.days.from_now.wday)
    end
    total_days.days.from_now.strftime('%D')
  end

end