Add elapsed_years to Date and DateTime

AUTHORS.txt

@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ Steve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com>
 Tom Gallacher <tomgallacher23@gmail.com>
 klutzy <klutzytheklutzy@gmail.com>
 kud1ing <github@kudling.de>
+Yohan Boogaert <yozhgoor@outlook.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Versions with only mechanical changes will be omitted from the following list.
 * Fix `DurationRound` is not TZ aware (#495)
 * Implement `DurationRound` for `NaiveDateTime`
 * Add `DateTime::from_local()` to construct from given local date and time (#572)
+* Add a function that calculates the number of years elapsed between now and a given `Date` or `DateTime` (#557)
 * Correct build for wasm32-unknown-emscripten target (#568)
 * Change `Local::now()` and `Utc::now()` documentation from "current date" to "current date and time" (#647)
 * Fix `duration_round` panic on rounding by `Duration::zero()` (#658)

src/date.rs

@@ -275,6 +275,24 @@ impl<Tz: TimeZone> Date<Tz> {
     pub fn naive_local(&self) -> NaiveDate {
         self.date
     }
+
+    /// Retrieves the elapsed years from now to the given [`Date`].
+    #[cfg(feature = "clock")]
+    pub fn elapsed_years(&self) -> u32 {
+        let now = Utc::today().with_timezone(&self.timezone());
+
+        let years = if (now.month(), now.day()) < (self.month(), self.day()) {
+            now.year() - self.year() - 1
+        } else {
+            now.year() - self.year()
+        };
+
+        if years.is_positive() {
+            years as u32
+        } else {
+            0
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// Maps the local date to other date with given conversion function.
@@ -498,3 +516,26 @@ where
         write!(f, "{}{}", self.naive_local(), self.offset)
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use crate::consts::f64;
+    use crate::offset::Utc;
+    use crate::oldtime::Duration;
+
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(feature = "clock")]
+    fn test_years_elapsed() {
+        // This is always at least one year because 1 year = 52.1775 weeks.
+        let one_year_ago =
+            Utc::today() - Duration::weeks((f64::WEEKS_PER_YEAR * 1.5).ceil() as i64);
+        // A bit more than 2 years.
+        let two_year_ago =
+            Utc::today() - Duration::weeks((f64::WEEKS_PER_YEAR * 2.5).ceil() as i64);
+
+        assert_eq!(one_year_ago.elapsed_years(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(two_year_ago.elapsed_years(), 2);
+        // if the given Date is later than now, the function will always return 0.
+        assert_eq!((Utc::today() + Duration::weeks(12)).elapsed_years(), 0);
+    }
+}

src/datetime/mod.rs

@@ -355,6 +355,24 @@ impl<Tz: TimeZone> DateTime<Tz> {
     pub fn naive_local(&self) -> NaiveDateTime {
         self.datetime + self.offset.fix()
     }
+
+    /// Retrieve the elapsed years from now to the given [`DateTime`].
+    #[cfg(feature = "clock")]
+    pub fn elapsed_years(&self) -> u32 {
+        let now = Utc::now().with_timezone(&self.timezone());
+
+        let years =
+            if (now.month(), now.day(), now.time()) < (self.month(), self.day(), self.time()) {
+                now.year() - self.year() - 1
+            } else {
+                now.year() - self.year()
+            };
+        if years.is_positive() {
+            years as u32
+        } else {
+            0
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl Default for DateTime<Utc> {

src/datetime/tests.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 
 use super::DateTime;
+#[cfg(feature = "clock")]
+use crate::consts::f64;
 use crate::naive::{NaiveDate, NaiveTime};
 #[cfg(feature = "clock")]
 use crate::offset::Local;
@@ -407,3 +409,18 @@ fn test_datetime_from_local() {
     assert_eq!(datetime_east, datetime_utc.with_timezone(&timezone_east));
     assert_eq!(datetime_west, datetime_utc.with_timezone(&timezone_west));
 }
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(feature = "clock")]
+fn test_years_elapsed() {
+    // This is always at least one year because 1 year = 52.1775 weeks.
+    let one_year_ago = Utc::today() - Duration::weeks((f64::WEEKS_PER_YEAR * 1.5).ceil() as i64);
+    // A bit more than 2 years.
+    let two_year_ago = Utc::today() - Duration::weeks((f64::WEEKS_PER_YEAR * 2.5).ceil() as i64);
+
+    assert_eq!(one_year_ago.elapsed_years(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(two_year_ago.elapsed_years(), 2);
+
+    // If the given DateTime is later than now, the function will always return 0.
+    assert_eq!((Utc::today() + Duration::weeks(12)).elapsed_years(), 0);
+}

src/lib.rs

@@ -508,6 +508,20 @@ pub use month::{Month, ParseMonthError};
 mod traits;
 pub use traits::{Datelike, Timelike};
 
+/// Constants that can be used by all components.
+pub mod consts {
+    /// Constants of type `f32`.
+    pub mod f32 {
+        /// Number of weeks in a year.
+        pub const WEEKS_PER_YEAR: f32 = 52.1775;
+    }
+    /// Constants of type `f64`.
+    pub mod f64 {
+        /// Number of weeks in a year.
+        pub const WEEKS_PER_YEAR: f64 = 52.1775;
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "__internal_bench")]
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub use naive::__BenchYearFlags;