generate dates using period rails
date_range = (Date.parse('2019-01-05')..Date.parse('2019-03-01'))
date_range.uniq { |d| d.month }
# => [Sat, 05 Jan 2019, Fri, 01 Feb 2019]
date_range.uniq { |d| d.cweek }
# => [Sat, 05 Jan 2019, Mon, 07 Jan 2019, Mon, 14 Jan 2019, Mon, 21 Jan 2019, Mon, 28 Jan 2019, Mon, 04 Feb 2019, Mon, 11 Feb 2019, Mon, 18 Feb 2019, Mon, 25 Feb 2019]