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Get a date of next day with Ruby

require 'date'

def date_of_next(day_name)
  date  = Date.parse(day_name)
  delta = date > Date.today ? 0 : 7
  date + delta
end

Date.today
#=>#<Date: 2011-10-28 (4911725/2,0,2299161)>
date_of_next "Monday"
#=>#<Date: 2011-10-31 (4911731/2,0,2299161)>
date_of_next "Sunday"
#=>#<Date: 2011-10-30 (4911729/2,0,2299161)>

Based on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7930370/ruby-code-to-get-the-date-of-next-monday-or-any-day-of-the-week