Functions/Show-Calendar.ps1
Function Show-Calendar { <# .SYNOPSIS Displays a visual representation of a calendar. .DESCRIPTION Displays a visual representation of a calendar. This function supports multiple months and lets you highlight specific date ranges or days. .PARAMETER Start The first month to display as a datetime .PARAMETER End The last month to display as a datetime .PARAMETER FirstDayOfWeek The day of the month on which the week begins as an integer .PARAMETER HighlightDay Specific days (numbered) to highlight. Used for date ranges like (25..31). Array of integers Date ranges are specified by the Windows PowerShell range syntax. These dates are enclosed in square brackets. .PARAMETER HighlightDate Specific days (named) to highlight. These dates are surrounded by asterisks. .EXAMPLE # Show a default display of this month. Show-Calendar .EXAMPLE # Display a date range. Show-Calendar -Start "March, 2010" -End "May, 2010" .EXAMPLE # Highlight a range of days. Show-Calendar -HighlightDay (1..10 + 22) -HighlightDate "December 25, 2008" #> # todo Change += to System.Collections.Arraylist param( [DateTime] $start = [DateTime]::Today, [DateTime] $end = $start, $firstDayOfWeek, [int[]] $highlightDay, [string[]] $highlightDate = [DateTime]::Today.ToString() ) ## Determine the first day of the start and end months. $start = New-Object DateTime $start.Year,$start.Month,1 $end = New-Object DateTime $end.Year,$end.Month,1 ## Convert the highlighted dates into real dates. [DateTime[]] $highlightDate = [DateTime[]] $highlightDate ## Retrieve the DateTimeFormat information so that the ## calendar can be manipulated. $dateTimeFormat = (Get-Culture).DateTimeFormat if($firstDayOfWeek) { $dateTimeFormat.FirstDayOfWeek = $firstDayOfWeek } $currentDay = $start ## Process the requested months. while($start -le $end) { ## Return to an earlier point in the function if the first day of the month ## is in the middle of the week. while($currentDay.DayOfWeek -ne $dateTimeFormat.FirstDayOfWeek) { $currentDay = $currentDay.AddDays(-1) } ## Prepare to store information about this date range. $currentWeek = New-Object PsObject $dayNames = @() $weeks = @() ## Continue processing dates until the function reaches the end of the month. ## The function continues until the week is completed with ## days from the next month. while(($currentDay -lt $start.AddMonths(1)) -or ($currentDay.DayOfWeek -ne $dateTimeFormat.FirstDayOfWeek)) { ## Determine the day names to use to label the columns. $dayName = "{0:ddd}" -f $currentDay if($dayNames -notcontains $dayName) { $dayNames += $dayName } ## Pad the day number for display, highlighting if necessary. $displayDay = " {0,2} " -f $currentDay.Day ## Determine whether to highlight a specific date. if($highlightDate) { $compareDate = New-Object DateTime $currentDay.Year, $currentDay.Month,$currentDay.Day if($highlightDate -contains $compareDate) { $displayDay = "*" + ("{0,2}" -f $currentDay.Day) + "*" } } ## Otherwise, highlight as part of a date range. if($highlightDay -and ($highlightDay[0] -eq $currentDay.Day)) { $displayDay = "[" + ("{0,2}" -f $currentDay.Day) + "]" $null,$highlightDay = $highlightDay } ## Add the day of the week and the day of the month as note properties. $currentWeek | Add-Member NoteProperty $dayName $displayDay ## Move to the next day of the month. $currentDay = $currentDay.AddDays(1) ## If the function reaches the next week, store the current week ## in the week list and continue. if($currentDay.DayOfWeek -eq $dateTimeFormat.FirstDayOfWeek) { $weeks += $currentWeek $currentWeek = New-Object PsObject } } ## Format the weeks as a table. $calendar = $weeks | Format-Table $dayNames -auto | Out-String ## Add a centered header. $width = ($calendar.Split("`n") | Measure-Object -Max Length).Maximum $header = "{0:MMMM yyyy}" -f $start $padding = " " * (($width - $header.Length) / 2) $displayCalendar = " `n" + $padding + $header + "`n " + $calendar $displayCalendar.TrimEnd() ## Move to the next month. $start = $start.AddMonths(1) } } |