date2 is an alternative date class for Ruby. This class handles calculations about dates. The day of reform can be specified freely in this class. The procedures about holiday (holiday.rb) and date format (parsedate2.rb, strftime.rb and strptime.rb) are also available. Author: Tadayoshi Funaba WWW: http://www.kt.rim.or.jp/~tadf/ruby-en.html#date2