Overview
edate is a date manipulation library for erlang
Installation
git clone git://github.com/dweldon/edate.git
cd edate && make
Interface
The following examples give an overview of the edate interface. Please see the
complete documentation by running make doc.
String Conversion
> edate:date_to_string({1976,3,18}).
"1976-03-18"
> edate:string_to_date("3/18/1976").
{1976,3,18}
Date Math
> edate:beginning_of_month({2010,2,15}).
{2010,2,1}
> edate:end_of_month({2010,2,15}).
{2010,2,28}
> edate:shift({2010,2,27}, 1, week).
{2010,3,6}
> edate:subtract(edate:tomorrow(), edate:yesterday()).
2
Comparison
> edate:is_after({1950,7,2}, {1950,7,1}).
true
> edate:is_before({1950,7,1}, {1950,7,2}).
true
> edate:is_in_future({3000,7,1}).
true
> edate:is_in_past({1950,7,1}).
true
Miscellaneous
> edate:day_of_week({2010,7,4}).
"sunday"