goCadence

Go module focused on recurring time periods

Defined Cadence Values

Key	Description .
ANNUALLY	once per year
BIANNUALLY	every two years
BIMONTHLY	every two months
BIWEEKLY	every two weeks
DAILY	every day
MONTHLY	once per month
ONCE	one time only
QUADWEEKLY	every four weeks
QUARTERLY	four times per year
SEMIANNUALLY	twice per year
SEMIMONTHLY	twice per month
TREANNUALLY	every three years
TREQUADWEEKLY	every twelve weeks
TRIANNUALLY	three times per year
WEEKLY	once per week

API

• goCadenceVersion() -> string
  • Parameters: none
  • Return: string in the format of Major.Minor.Patch
  • A function that will return the version string to determine what features are available
• New(key string) -> CadenceObj
  • Parameters: key(string)
  • Return: CadenceObj
  • Function to initialize a CadenceObj that follows the CadenceInf interface, defined via a key to identify the Cadence wanted

CadenceObj

• Properties:
  • String: A printable version of the cadence name
    • Example BIWEEKLY.String() -> "bi-weekly"
  • Description: a description of the cadence
    • Example: BIWEEKLY.Description() -> "every two weeks"
• Methods:
  • TimesIn(cad CadenceObj) -> float64
    • Parameters: Cadence Object
    • Return: float64
    • A method to return the nunber of times the cadence will exist with the given cadence
      • Example -> A cadence of Semi-Annually will occur 2.0 times in a cadence of Annually

Misc. Notes

• Cadence of SEMIMONTHLY currently defaults to the 15th and the last day of the month

Future Features

• Setting to disallow Saturdays
• Setting to disallow Sundays
• Setting to disallow Holidays
• Allow dates to be advanced to next day when disallowed
• Allow dates to be pushed backward to previous day when disallowed