instance method `next_occurring`

Ruby on Rails 8.0.4

Since v5.2.8.1

Available in: v5.2.8.1 v6.0.6 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3 v8.0.4 v8.1.2

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next_occurring(day_of_week)

Returns a new date/time representing the next occurrence of the specified day of week.

today = Date.today               # => Thu, 14 Dec 2017
today.next_occurring(:monday)    # => Mon, 18 Dec 2017
today.next_occurring(:thursday)  # => Thu, 21 Dec 2017

Parameters

day_of_week req

Source

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_and_time/calculations.rb, line 340
    def next_occurring(day_of_week)
      from_now = DAYS_INTO_WEEK.fetch(day_of_week) - wday
      from_now += 7 unless from_now > 0
      advance(days: from_now)
    end

Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_and_time/calculations.rb line 340 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in DateAndTime::Calculations

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