Shopify liquid logic for determining ship date

gistfile1.txt

{%- comment -%}
// This uses RUBY to format the dates since Shopify uses RUBY.
// For help - Ruby Date Format (strftime) Cheat Sheet: 
// https://www.shortcutfoo.com/app/dojos/ruby-date-format-strftime/cheatsheet
{%- endcomment -%}

{%- assign date_format = "%A, %B %d" -%}

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  {%- assign todayDate = 'now' | date: "%w" -%}
  {%- if collection.metafields.global.status == 'today' -%}
    {%- if todayDate == "0" or todayDate == "6" -%} 
      {%- comment -%} If today is Monday or Sunday, 4 days out {%- endcomment -%}
      {{'now' | date: "%s" | plus : 345600 | date: date_format }}.
    {%- elsif todayDate == "5" -%}
      {%- comment -%} If today is Saturday, 5 days out {%- endcomment -%}
      {{'now' | date: "%s" | plus : 432000 | date: date_format }}.
    {%- else -%}
      {%- comment -%} If today is Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri, 6 days out {%- endcomment -%}
      {{'now' | date: "%s" | plus : 518400 | date: date_format }}.
    {%- endif -%}
  {%- else -%}
    {%- if todayDate == "2" or todayDate == "3" -%} 
      {%- comment -%} If today is Wednesday or Thursday, 2 days out {%- endcomment -%}
      {{'now' | date: "%s" | plus : 172800 | date: date_format }}.
    {%- elsif todayDate == "0" or todayDate == "1" -%}
      {%- comment -%} If today is Monday or Tuesday, 3 days out {%- endcomment -%}
      {{'now' | date: "%s" | plus : 259200 | date: date_format }}.
    {%- else -%}
      {%- comment -%} If today is Friday or Saturday, 4 days out {%- endcomment -%}
      {{'now' | date: "%s" | plus : 345600 | date: date_format }}.
    {%- endif -%}
  {%- endif -%}
</p>