defines prev_(month|year) in Date and Time to ease transition to 1.9, and deprecates last_(month|year)

activesupport/CHANGELOG

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *Rails 3.0.0 [beta 4/release candidate] (unreleased)*
 
+* Defines prev_(month|year) in Date and Time, and deprecates last_(month|year). [fxn]
+
 * Aliases Date#sunday to Date#end_of_week. [fxn]
 
 * Backports Date#>> from 1.9 so that calculations do the right thing around the calendar reform. [fxn]

activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 require 'active_support/duration'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/time/zones'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/object/acts_like'
+require 'active_support/deprecation'
 
 class Date
   if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9'
@@ -146,20 +147,30 @@ def years_since(years)
     advance(:years => years)
   end
 
-  # Short-hand for years_ago(1)
-  def last_year
-    years_ago(1)
+  def last_year # :nodoc:
+    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn("Date#last_year has been deprecated, please use Date#prev_year instead", caller)
+    prev_year
   end
 
+  # Shorthand for years_ago(1)
+  def prev_year
+    years_ago(1)
+  end unless method_defined?(:prev_year)
+
   # Short-hand for years_since(1)
   def next_year
     years_since(1)
   end unless method_defined?(:next_year)
 
-  # Short-hand for months_ago(1)
-  def last_month
-    months_ago(1)
+  def last_month # :nodoc:
+    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn("Date#last_month has been deprecated, please use Date#prev_month instead", caller)
+    prev_month
   end
+  
+  # Short-hand for months_ago(1)
+  def prev_month
+    months_ago(1)
+  end unless method_defined?(:prev_month)
 
   # Short-hand for months_since(1)
   def next_month

activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 require 'active_support/core_ext/date/acts_like'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/date/calculations'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions'
+require 'active_support/deprecation'
 
 class Time
   COMMON_YEAR_DAYS_IN_MONTH = [nil, 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31]
@@ -132,8 +133,13 @@ def years_since(years)
     advance(:years => years)
   end
 
+  def last_year # :nodoc:
+    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn("Time#last_year has been deprecated, please use Time#prev_year instead", caller)
+    prev_year
+  end
+
   # Short-hand for years_ago(1)
-  def last_year
+  def prev_year
     years_ago(1)
   end
 
@@ -142,9 +148,13 @@ def next_year
     years_since(1)
   end
 
+  def last_month # :nodoc:
+    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn("Time#last_month has been deprecated, please use Time#prev_month instead", caller)
+    prev_month
+  end
 
   # Short-hand for months_ago(1)
-  def last_month
+  def prev_month
     months_ago(1)
   end
 

activesupport/test/core_ext/date_ext_test.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'abstract_unit'
 require 'active_support/time'
 
-class DateExtCalculationsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+class DateExtCalculationsTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   def test_to_s
     date = Date.new(2005, 2, 21)
     assert_equal "2005-02-21",          date.to_s
@@ -145,16 +145,20 @@ def test_years_since
     assert_equal Date.new(2005,2,28), Date.new(2004,2,29).years_since(1) # 1 year since leap day
   end
 
-  def test_last_year
-    assert_equal Date.new(2004,6,5),  Date.new(2005,6,5).last_year
+  def test_last_year_is_deprecated
+    assert_deprecated { Date.today.last_year }
   end
 
-  def test_last_year_in_leap_years
-    assert_equal Date.new(1999,2,28), Date.new(2000,2,29).last_year
+  def test_prev_year
+    assert_equal Date.new(2004,6,5),  Date.new(2005,6,5).prev_year
   end
 
-  def test_last_year_in_calendar_reform
-    assert_equal Date.new(1582,10,4), Date.new(1583,10,14).last_year
+  def test_prev_year_in_leap_years
+    assert_equal Date.new(1999,2,28), Date.new(2000,2,29).prev_year
+  end
+
+  def test_prev_year_in_calendar_reform
+    assert_equal Date.new(1582,10,4), Date.new(1583,10,14).prev_year
   end
 
   def test_next_year
@@ -225,8 +229,12 @@ def test_next_month_on_31st
     assert_equal Date.new(2005, 9, 30), Date.new(2005, 8, 31).next_month
   end
 
-  def test_last_month_on_31st
-    assert_equal Date.new(2004, 2, 29), Date.new(2004, 3, 31).last_month
+  def test_last_month_is_deprecated
+    assert_deprecated { Date.today.last_month }
+  end
+
+  def test_prev_month_on_31st
+    assert_equal Date.new(2004, 2, 29), Date.new(2004, 3, 31).prev_month
   end
 
   def test_yesterday_constructor

activesupport/test/core_ext/date_time_ext_test.rb

@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ def test_years_since
     assert_equal DateTime.civil(2005,2,28,10), DateTime.civil(2004,2,29,10,0,0).years_since(1) # 1 year since leap day
   end
 
-  def test_last_year
-    assert_equal DateTime.civil(2004,6,5,10),  DateTime.civil(2005,6,5,10,0,0).last_year
+  def test_prev_year
+    assert_equal DateTime.civil(2004,6,5,10),  DateTime.civil(2005,6,5,10,0,0).prev_year
   end
 
   def test_next_year
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ def test_next_month_on_31st
     assert_equal DateTime.civil(2005, 9, 30), DateTime.civil(2005, 8, 31).next_month
   end
 
-  def test_last_month_on_31st
-    assert_equal DateTime.civil(2004, 2, 29), DateTime.civil(2004, 3, 31).last_month
+  def test_prev_month_on_31st
+    assert_equal DateTime.civil(2004, 2, 29), DateTime.civil(2004, 3, 31).prev_month
   end
 
   def test_xmlschema

activesupport/test/core_ext/time_ext_test.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'abstract_unit'
 require 'active_support/time'
 
-class TimeExtCalculationsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+class TimeExtCalculationsTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   def test_seconds_since_midnight
     assert_equal 1,Time.local(2005,1,1,0,0,1).seconds_since_midnight
     assert_equal 60,Time.local(2005,1,1,0,1,0).seconds_since_midnight
@@ -166,8 +166,12 @@ def test_years_since
     # assert_equal Time.local(2182,6,5,10),  Time.local(2005,6,5,10,0,0).years_since(177)
   end
 
-  def test_last_year
-    assert_equal Time.local(2004,6,5,10),  Time.local(2005,6,5,10,0,0).last_year
+  def test_last_year_is_deprecated
+    assert_deprecated { Time.now.last_year }
+  end
+
+  def test_prev_year
+    assert_equal Time.local(2004,6,5,10),  Time.local(2005,6,5,10,0,0).prev_year
   end
 
   def test_next_year
@@ -615,8 +619,12 @@ def test_next_month_on_31st
     assert_equal Time.local(2005, 9, 30), Time.local(2005, 8, 31).next_month
   end
 
-  def test_last_month_on_31st
-    assert_equal Time.local(2004, 2, 29), Time.local(2004, 3, 31).last_month
+  def test_last_month_is_deprecated
+    assert_deprecated { Time.now.last_month }
+  end
+
+  def test_prev_month_on_31st
+    assert_equal Time.local(2004, 2, 29), Time.local(2004, 3, 31).prev_month
   end
 
   def test_xmlschema_is_available

railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile

@@ -2660,13 +2660,13 @@ Active Support defines +Date.current+ to be today in the current time zone. That
 
 h5. Named dates
 
-h6. +last_year+, +next_year+
+h6. +prev_year+, +next_year+
 
-The methods +last_year+ and +next_year+ return a date with the same day/month in the last or next year:
+In Ruby 1.9 +prev_year+ and +next_year+ return a date with the same day/month in the last or next year:
 
 <ruby>
 d = Date.new(2010, 5, 8) # => Sat, 08 May 2010
-d.last_year              # => Fri, 08 May 2009
+d.prev_year              # => Fri, 08 May 2009
 d.next_year              # => Sun, 08 May 2011
 </ruby>
 
@@ -2674,29 +2674,33 @@ If date is the 29th of February of a leap year, you obtain the 28th:
 
 <ruby>
 d = Date.new(2000, 2, 29) # => Tue, 29 Feb 2000
-d.last_year               # => Sun, 28 Feb 1999
+d.prev_year               # => Sun, 28 Feb 1999
 d.next_year               # => Wed, 28 Feb 2001
 </ruby>
 
-h6. +last_month+, +next_month+
+Active Support defines these methods as well for Ruby 1.8.
 
-The methods +last_month+ and +next_month+ return the date with the same day in the last or next month:
+h6. +prev_month+, +next_month+
+
+In Ruby 1.9 +prev_month+ and +next_month+ return the date with the same day in the last or next month:
 
 <ruby>
 d = Date.new(2010, 5, 8) # => Sat, 08 May 2010
-d.last_month             # => Thu, 08 Apr 2010
+d.prev_month             # => Thu, 08 Apr 2010
 d.next_month             # => Tue, 08 Jun 2010
 </ruby>
 
 If such a day does not exist, the last day of the corresponding month is returned:
 
 <ruby>
-Date.new(2000, 5, 31).last_month # => Sun, 30 Apr 2000
-Date.new(2000, 3, 31).last_month # => Tue, 29 Feb 2000
+Date.new(2000, 5, 31).prev_month # => Sun, 30 Apr 2000
+Date.new(2000, 3, 31).prev_month # => Tue, 29 Feb 2000
 Date.new(2000, 5, 31).next_month # => Fri, 30 Jun 2000
 Date.new(2000, 1, 31).next_month # => Tue, 29 Feb 2000
 </ruby>
 
+Active Support defines these methods as well for Ruby 1.8.
+
 h6. +beginning_of_week+, +end_of_week+
 
 The methods +beginning_of_week+ and +end_of_week+ return the dates for the beginning and end of week, assuming weeks start on Monday: