change(options) Instance Public methods Returns a new Date where one or more of the elements have been changed according to the options parameter. The options parameter is a hash with a combination of these keys: :year, :month, :day. Date.new(2007, 5, 12).change(day: 1) # => Date.new(2007, 5, 1) Date.new(2007, 5, 12).change(year: 2005, month: 1) # => Date.new(2005, 1, 12)

beginning_of_day() Instance Public methods Converts Date to a Time (or DateTime if necessary) with the time portion set to the beginning of the day (0:00) midnight at_midnight at_beginning_of_day

at_noon() Instance Public methods Alias for: middle_of_day

at_midnight() Instance Public methods Alias for: beginning_of_day

at_middle_of_day() Instance Public methods Alias for: middle_of_day

at_midday() Instance Public methods Alias for: middle_of_day

at_end_of_day() Instance Public methods Alias for: end_of_day

at_beginning_of_day() Instance Public methods Alias for: beginning_of_day

ago(seconds) Instance Public methods Converts Date to a Time (or DateTime if necessary) with the time portion set to the beginning of the day (0:00) and then subtracts the specified number of seconds.

advance(options) Instance Public methods Provides precise Date calculations for years, months, and days. The options parameter takes a hash with any of these keys: :years, :months, :weeks, :days.