CODEWITHSUNDEEP
ruby
user8591950
user8591950

Reputation:

Show month and day from array/hash

I'm trying to show the closest date. I have the following code:

def closest_birthdate(birthdates)
  sorted_dates = birthdates.sort_by do |_, value|
    (DateTime.parse(value) - DateTime.now).abs
  end
  name, birthday = sorted_dates.first
  "#{name} has his birthday on #{birthday} "
end

hash = {
  'William' =>  '2017-09-05',
  'Henk' =>     '2017-10-12',
  'Richard' =>  '2017-10-10',
}
closest_birthdate(hash)

The output is:

"William has his birthday on 2017-10-5"

How can I display only the month and day like the following?

"William has his birthday on 10-5"

I tried to delete the years in the hash, but I think the code doesn't recognize dates anymore if I do that.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 72

Answers (1)

Ursus
Ursus

Reputation: 30056

Try this one

require 'date'

"#{name} has his birthday on #{Date.parse(birthday).strftime('%m-%d')}"

Upvotes: 5

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