style(date): Avoid use of ternary expressions for optional args

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lib/date.js b/lib/date.js
index 8fb32bd1..46e3b550 100644
--- a/lib/date.js
+++ b/lib/date.js
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ var _Date = function (faker) {
    * @param {date} refDate
    */
   self.past = function (years, refDate) {
-      var date = (refDate) ? new Date(Date.parse(refDate)) : new Date();
+      var date = new Date();
+      if (refDate !== undefined) {
+          date = new Date(Date.parse(refDate));
+      }
+
       var range = {
         min: 1000,
         max: (years || 1) * 365 * 24 * 3600 * 1000
@@ -33,7 +37,11 @@ var _Date = function (faker) {
    * @param {date} refDate
    */
   self.future = function (years, refDate) {
-      var date = (refDate) ? new Date(Date.parse(refDate)) : new Date();
+      var date = new Date();
+      if (refDate !== undefined) {
+          date = new Date(Date.parse(refDate));
+      }
+
       var range = {
         min: 1000,
         max: (years || 1) * 365 * 24 * 3600 * 1000
@@ -70,7 +78,11 @@ var _Date = function (faker) {
    * @param {date} refDate
    */
   self.recent = function (days, refDate) {
-      var date = (refDate) ? new Date(Date.parse(refDate)) : new Date();
+      var date = new Date();
+      if (refDate !== undefined) {
+          date = new Date(Date.parse(refDate));
+      }
+
       var range = {
         min: 1000,
         max: (days || 1) * 24 * 3600 * 1000
@@ -91,7 +103,11 @@ var _Date = function (faker) {
    * @param {date} refDate
    */
   self.soon = function (days, refDate) {
-      var date = (refDate) ? new Date(Date.parse(refDate)) : new Date();
+      var date = new Date();
+      if (refDate !== undefined) {
+          date = new Date(Date.parse(refDate));
+      }
+
       var range = {
         min: 1000,
         max: (days || 1) * 24 * 3600 * 1000