Adding Date.current, which returns Time.zone.today if config.time_zone is set; otherwise returns Date.today. ActionView date_helper uses Date.current to determine locale-appropriate default

3 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/activesupport/CHANGELOG b/activesupport/CHANGELOG
index ea5490eb8f..f72825731e 100644
--- a/activesupport/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activesupport/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Adding Date.current, which returns Time.zone.today if config.time_zone is set; otherwise returns Date.today [Geoff Buesing]
+
 * TimeWithZone: date part getter methods (#year #mon #day etc) are defined on class; no longer relying on method_missing [Geoff Buesing]
 
 * Time.zone.parse return nil for strings with no date information [Geoff Buesing]
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb
index 183471706b..1e2dbf118e 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/calculations.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
           def tomorrow
             ::Date.today.tomorrow
           end
+          
+          # Returns Time.zone.today when config.time_zone is set, otherwise just returns Date.today.
+          def current
+            ::Time.zone_default ? ::Time.zone.today : ::Date.today
+          end
         end
         
         # Converts Date to a Time (or DateTime if necessary) with the time portion set to the beginning of the day (0:00)
diff --git a/activesupport/test/core_ext/date_ext_test.rb b/activesupport/test/core_ext/date_ext_test.rb
index 2e363c439a..5925ae3a61 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/core_ext/date_ext_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/core_ext/date_ext_test.rb
@@ -208,6 +208,29 @@ class DateExtCalculationsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       end
     end
   end
+  
+  uses_mocha 'TestDateCurrent' do
+    def test_current_returns_date_today_when_zone_default_not_set
+      with_env_tz 'US/Central' do
+        Time.stubs(:now).returns Time.local(1999, 12, 31, 23)
+        assert_equal Date.new(1999, 12, 31), Date.today
+        assert_equal Date.new(1999, 12, 31), Date.current
+      end
+    end
+    
+    def test_current_returns_time_zone_today_when_zone_default_set
+      silence_warnings do # silence warnings raised by tzinfo gem
+        Time.zone_default = TimeZone['Eastern Time (US & Canada)']
+        with_env_tz 'US/Central' do
+          Time.stubs(:now).returns Time.local(1999, 12, 31, 23)
+          assert_equal Date.new(1999, 12, 31), Date.today
+          assert_equal Date.new(2000, 1, 1), Date.current
+        end
+      end
+    ensure
+      Time.zone_default = nil
+    end
+  end
 
   protected
     def with_env_tz(new_tz = 'US/Eastern')