Script to output the Bi-Weekly Iteration Number

iternum

#!/usr/bin/env ruby --disable-gems

# Installation Instructions:
# Create a file ~/bin/iternum with this content in it and chmod u+x
# ~/bin/iternum. Then make sure that ~/bin is in your PATH environment
# variable and you should be good to go.

WEEKS_IN_ITERATION=2

def week_number
  # Note: Please see 'man 3 strftime' for details on the custom formatting used
  # with the 'date' command. The option I used gets the week number of the
  # year assuming weeks start on Monday and that it returns a decimal between
  # 01-53.
  `date "+%V"`.to_i
end

def iteration_number(week_number)
  week_number / WEEKS_IN_ITERATION
end

puts iteration_number(week_number)