This is a straightforward modification of my answer for finding the previous Monday (or any specified day of the week). The only difficulty is figuring out what date you start with.
use DateTime;
# Here $nth is 1, 2, 3... for first, second, third, etc.
# Or -1, -2, -3... for last, next-to-last, etc.
# $dow is 1-7 for Monday-Sunday
# $month is 1-12
sub nth_day_of_month {
my ($nth, $dow, $year, $month) = @_;
my $date = ($nth > 0
# For 1st etc. we want the last day of that week
# (i.e. 7, 14, 21, 28 ...). We have to use add because
# the last week may extend into next month.
? DateTime->new(year => $year, month => $month, day => 1)
->add( days => $nth * 7 - 1)
# For last etc. we want the last day of the month
# (minus a week if next-to-last, etc)
: DateTime->last_day_of_month(year => $year, month => $month)
->add( weeks => $nth + 1)); # $nth is negative
# Back up to the first $dow on or before $date
$date->subtract(days => ($date->day_of_week - $dow) % 7);
# If we're not in the right month, then that month doesn't have the
# specified date (e.g. there's no 5th Tuesday in Sept. 2013).
return (($date->month == $month) ? $date : undef);
}
Update: Here's a slightly more efficient version. It's using the same algorithm, but it's combining the calls to add
and subtract
, so it only has to do date math once.
sub nth_day_of_month {
my ($nth, $dow, $year, $month) = @_;
my ($date, $delta);
if ($nth > 0) {
# For 1st etc. we want the last day of that week (i.e. 7, 14, 21, 28, "35")
$date = DateTime->new(year => $year, month => $month, day => 1);
$delta = $nth * 7 - 1;
} else {
# For last etc. we want the last day of the month
# (minus a week if next-to-last, etc)
$date = DateTime->last_day_of_month(year => $year, month => $month);
$delta = 7 * ($nth + 1); # $nth is negative
}
# Back up to the first $dow on or before $date + $delta
$date->add(days => $delta - ($date->day_of_week + $delta - $dow) % 7);
# If we're not in the right month, then that month doesn't have the
# specified date (e.g. there's no 5th Tuesday in Sept. 2013).
return (($date->month == $month) ? $date : undef);
}