Ruby | Date + method

Date#+() is a Date class method which adds a numeric value to the date and returns a date object pointing other days after self.

Syntax: Date.+()

Parameter: Date values

Return: date object pointing other days after self after adding a numeric value to the date.

Example #1 :

# Ruby code for Date.+() method

# loading date
require 'date'

# declaring Date
a = Date.new(2019, 1, 1)

# declaring Date
b = Date.jd(2452004)

# declaring Date
c = Date.ordinal(2019, 12)

# Date
puts "Date a : #{a}\n\n"
puts "Date b : #{b}\n\n"
puts "Date c : #{c}\n\n\n\n"


# + form
puts "Date a + form : #{a + Rational(3, 2)}\n\n"
puts "Date b + form : #{b + Rational(10, 2)}\n\n"
puts "Date c + form : #{c + Rational(10, 4)}\n\n"

Output :

Date a : 2019-01-01

Date b : 2001-04-04

Date c : 2019-01-12



Date a + form : 2019-01-02

Date b + form : 2001-04-09

Date c + form : 2019-01-14

Example #2 :

# Ruby code for Date.+() method

# loading date
require 'date'

# declaring Date
a = Date.parse('2019-01-01')

# declaring Date
b = Date.strptime('03-12-2019', '%d-%m-%Y')

# declaring Date
c = Date.commercial(2019, 5, 6)

# Date
puts "Date a : #{a}\n\n"
puts "Date b : #{b}\n\n"
puts "Date c : #{c}\n\n\n\n"


# + form
puts "Date a + form : #{a + Rational(3, 2)}\n\n"
puts "Date b + form : #{b + Rational(10, 2)}\n\n"
puts "Date c + form : #{c + Rational(10, 4)}\n\n"

Output :

Date a : 2019-01-01

Date b : 2019-12-03

Date c : 2019-02-02



Date a + form : 2019-01-02

Date b + form : 2019-12-08

Date c + form : 2019-02-04