Added Time#middle_of_day

Added middle_of_day method to Date and DateTime

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

@@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ def beginning_of_day
   alias :at_midnight :beginning_of_day
   alias :at_beginning_of_day :beginning_of_day
 
+  # Converts Date to a Time (or DateTime if necessary) with the time portion set to the middle of the day (12:00)
+  def middle_of_day
+    in_time_zone.middle_of_day
+  end
+  alias :midday :middle_of_day
+  alias :noon :middle_of_day
+  alias :at_midday :middle_of_day
+  alias :at_noon :middle_of_day
+  alias :at_middle_of_day :middle_of_day
+
   # Converts Date to a Time (or DateTime if necessary) with the time portion set to the end of the day (23:59:59)
   def end_of_day
     in_time_zone.end_of_day
@@ -119,7 +129,7 @@ def change(options)
       options.fetch(:day, day)
     )
   end
-  
+
   # Allow Date to be compared with Time by converting to DateTime and relying on the <=> from there.
   def compare_with_coercion(other)
     if other.is_a?(Time)

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

@@ -107,6 +107,16 @@ def beginning_of_day
   alias :at_midnight :beginning_of_day
   alias :at_beginning_of_day :beginning_of_day
 
+  # Returns a new DateTime representing the middle of the day (12:00)
+  def middle_of_day
+    change(:hour => 12)
+  end
+  alias :midday :middle_of_day
+  alias :noon :middle_of_day
+  alias :at_midday :middle_of_day
+  alias :at_noon :middle_of_day
+  alias :at_middle_of_day :middle_of_day
+
   # Returns a new DateTime representing the end of the day (23:59:59).
   def end_of_day
     change(:hour => 23, :min => 59, :sec => 59)

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

@@ -161,6 +161,16 @@ def beginning_of_day
   alias :at_midnight :beginning_of_day
   alias :at_beginning_of_day :beginning_of_day
 
+  # Returns a new Time representing the middle of the day (12:00)
+  def middle_of_day
+    change(:hour => 12)
+  end
+  alias :midday :middle_of_day
+  alias :noon :middle_of_day
+  alias :at_midday :middle_of_day
+  alias :at_noon :middle_of_day
+  alias :at_middle_of_day :middle_of_day
+
   # Returns a new Time representing the end of the day, 23:59:59.999999 (.999999999 in ruby1.9)
   def end_of_day
     change(

activesupport/test/core_ext/date_ext_test.rb

@@ -247,6 +247,10 @@ def test_beginning_of_day
     assert_equal Time.local(2005,2,21,0,0,0), Date.new(2005,2,21).beginning_of_day
   end
 
+  def test_middle_of_day
+    assert_equal Time.local(2005,2,21,12,0,0), Date.new(2005,2,21).middle_of_day
+  end
+
   def test_beginning_of_day_when_zone_is_set
     zone = ActiveSupport::TimeZone['Eastern Time (US & Canada)']
     with_env_tz 'UTC' do

activesupport/test/core_ext/date_time_ext_test.rb

@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ def test_beginning_of_day
     assert_equal DateTime.civil(2005,2,4,0,0,0), DateTime.civil(2005,2,4,10,10,10).beginning_of_day
   end
 
+  def test_middle_of_day
+    assert_equal DateTime.civil(2005,2,4,12,0,0), DateTime.civil(2005,2,4,10,10,10).middle_of_day
+  end
+
   def test_end_of_day
     assert_equal DateTime.civil(2005,2,4,23,59,59), DateTime.civil(2005,2,4,10,10,10).end_of_day
   end

activesupport/test/core_ext/time_ext_test.rb

@@ -117,6 +117,18 @@ def test_beginning_of_day
     end
   end
 
+  def test_middle_of_day
+    assert_equal Time.local(2005,2,4,12,0,0), Time.local(2005,2,4,10,10,10).middle_of_day
+    with_env_tz 'US/Eastern' do
+      assert_equal Time.local(2006,4,2,12,0,0), Time.local(2006,4,2,10,10,10).middle_of_day, 'start DST'
+      assert_equal Time.local(2006,10,29,12,0,0), Time.local(2006,10,29,10,10,10).middle_of_day, 'ends DST'
+    end
+    with_env_tz 'NZ' do
+      assert_equal Time.local(2006,3,19,12,0,0), Time.local(2006,3,19,10,10,10).middle_of_day, 'ends DST'
+      assert_equal Time.local(2006,10,1,12,0,0), Time.local(2006,10,1,10,10,10).middle_of_day, 'start DST'
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_beginning_of_hour
     assert_equal Time.local(2005,2,4,19,0,0), Time.local(2005,2,4,19,30,10).beginning_of_hour
   end