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

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb
index 3038729d34..755d96ce91 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ require 'date'
 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 @@ class Date
     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)
 
+  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 last_month
+  def prev_month
     months_ago(1)
-  end
+  end unless method_defined?(:prev_month)
 
   # Short-hand for months_since(1)
   def next_month