Class: DateTime

Inherits:
Object show all
Defined in:
lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb,
lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/zones.rb,
lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/acts_like.rb,
lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions.rb,
lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.civil_from_format(utc_or_local, year, month = 1, day = 1, hour = 0, min = 0, sec = 0) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions.rb', line 77

def self.civil_from_format(utc_or_local, year, month=1, day=1, hour=0, min=0, sec=0)
  offset = utc_or_local.to_sym == :local ? local_offset : 0
  civil(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, offset)
end

.current ⇒ Object

Returns Time.zone.now.to_datetime when Time.zone or config.time_zone are set, otherwise returns Time.now.to_datetime.



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb', line 13

def current
  ::Time.zone ? ::Time.zone.now.to_datetime : ::Time.now.to_datetime
end

.local_offset ⇒ Object

DateTimes aren’t aware of DST rules, so use a consistent non-DST offset when creating a DateTime with an offset in the local zone



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb', line 8

def local_offset
  ::Time.local(2007).utc_offset.to_r / 86400
end

Instance Method Details

#acts_like_date? ⇒ Boolean

Duck-types as a Date-like class. See Object#acts_like?.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/acts_like.rb', line 5

def acts_like_date?
  true
end

#acts_like_time? ⇒ Boolean

Duck-types as a Time-like class. See Object#acts_like?.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/acts_like.rb', line 10

def acts_like_time?
  true
end

#advance(options) ⇒ Object

Uses Date to provide precise Time calculations for years, months, and days. The options parameter takes a hash with any of these keys: :years, :months, :weeks, :days, :hours, :minutes, :seconds.



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb', line 53

def advance(options)
  d = to_date.advance(options)
  datetime_advanced_by_date = change(:year => d.year, :month => d.month, :day => d.day)
  seconds_to_advance = (options[:seconds] || 0) + (options[:minutes] || 0) * 60 + (options[:hours] || 0) * 3600
  seconds_to_advance == 0 ? datetime_advanced_by_date : datetime_advanced_by_date.since(seconds_to_advance)
end

#ago(seconds) ⇒ Object

Returns a new DateTime representing the time a number of seconds ago Do not use this method in combination with x.months, use months_ago instead!



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb', line 62

def ago(seconds)
  since(-seconds)
end

#as_json(options = nil) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb', line 272

def as_json(options = nil) #:nodoc:
  if ActiveSupport.use_standard_json_time_format
    xmlschema
  else
    strftime('%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S %z')
  end
end

#beginning_of_day ⇒ Object Also known as: midnight, at_midnight, at_beginning_of_day

Returns a new DateTime representing the start of the day (0:00)



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb', line 74

def beginning_of_day
  change(:hour => 0)
end

#change(options) ⇒ Object

Returns a new DateTime where one or more of the elements have been changed according to the options parameter. The time options (hour, minute, sec) reset cascadingly, so if only the hour is passed, then minute and sec is set to 0. If the hour and minute is passed, then sec is set to 0.



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb', line 36

def change(options)
  ::DateTime.civil(
    options[:year]  || year,
    options[:month] || month,
    options[:day]   || day,
    options[:hour]  || hour,
    options[:min]   || (options[:hour] ? 0 : min),
    options[:sec]   || ((options[:hour] || options[:min]) ? 0 : sec),
    options[:offset]  || offset,
    options[:start]  || start
  )
end

#compare_with_coercion(other) ⇒ Object Also known as: <=>

Layers additional behavior on DateTime#<=> so that Time and ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instances can be compared with a DateTime



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb', line 108

def compare_with_coercion(other)
  other = other.comparable_time if other.respond_to?(:comparable_time)
  other = other.to_datetime unless other.acts_like?(:date)
  compare_without_coercion(other)
end

#end_of_day ⇒ Object

Returns a new DateTime representing the end of the day (23:59:59)



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb', line 82

def end_of_day
  change(:hour => 23, :min => 59, :sec => 59)
end

#formatted_offset(colon = true, alternate_utc_string = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns the utc_offset as an +HH:MM formatted string. Examples:

datetime = DateTime.civil(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, Rational(-6, 24))
datetime.formatted_offset         # => "-06:00"
datetime.formatted_offset(false)  # => "-0600"



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions.rb', line 50

def formatted_offset(colon = true, alternate_utc_string = nil)
  utc? && alternate_utc_string || ActiveSupport::TimeZone.seconds_to_utc_offset(utc_offset, colon)
end

#future? ⇒ Boolean

Tells whether the DateTime object’s datetime lies in the future

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb', line 24

def future?
  self > ::DateTime.current
end

#in_time_zone(zone = ::Time.zone) ⇒ Object

Returns the simultaneous time in Time.zone.

Time.zone = 'Hawaii'             # => 'Hawaii'
DateTime.new(2000).in_time_zone  # => Fri, 31 Dec 1999 14:00:00 HST -10:00

This method is similar to Time#localtime, except that it uses Time.zone as the local zone instead of the operating system’s time zone.

You can also pass in a TimeZone instance or string that identifies a TimeZone as an argument, and the conversion will be based on that zone instead of Time.zone.

DateTime.new(2000).in_time_zone('Alaska')  # => Fri, 31 Dec 1999 15:00:00 AKST -09:00



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/zones.rb', line 16

def in_time_zone(zone = ::Time.zone)
  return self unless zone

  ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone.new(utc? ? self : getutc, ::Time.__send__(:get_zone, zone))
end

#past? ⇒ Boolean

Tells whether the DateTime object’s datetime lies in the past

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb', line 19

def past?
  self < ::DateTime.current
end

#readable_inspect ⇒ Object Also known as: inspect

Overrides the default inspect method with a human readable one, e.g., “Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:30:00 +0000”



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions.rb', line 55

def readable_inspect
  to_s(:rfc822)
end

#seconds_since_midnight ⇒ Object

Seconds since midnight: DateTime.now.seconds_since_midnight



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb', line 29

def seconds_since_midnight
  sec + (min * 60) + (hour * 3600)
end

#since(seconds) ⇒ Object Also known as: in

Returns a new DateTime representing the time a number of seconds since the instance time Do not use this method in combination with x.months, use months_since instead!



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb', line 68

def since(seconds)
  self + Rational(seconds.round, 86400)
end

#to_date ⇒ Object

Converts self to a Ruby Date object; time portion is discarded



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions.rb', line 62

def to_date
  ::Date.new(year, month, day)
end

#to_datetime ⇒ Object

To be able to keep Times, Dates and DateTimes interchangeable on conversions



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions.rb', line 73

def to_datetime
  self
end

#to_f ⇒ Object

Converts self to a floating-point number of seconds since the Unix epoch



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions.rb', line 88

def to_f
  seconds_since_unix_epoch.to_f
end

#to_formatted_s(format = :default) ⇒ Object Also known as: to_s

Convert to a formatted string. See Time::DATE_FORMATS for predefined formats.

This method is aliased to to_s.

Examples

datetime = DateTime.civil(2007, 12, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0)   # => Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000

datetime.to_formatted_s(:db)            # => "2007-12-04 00:00:00"
datetime.to_s(:db)                      # => "2007-12-04 00:00:00"
datetime.to_s(:number)                  # => "20071204000000"
datetime.to_formatted_s(:short)         # => "04 Dec 00:00"
datetime.to_formatted_s(:long)          # => "December 04, 2007 00:00"
datetime.to_formatted_s(:long_ordinal)  # => "December 4th, 2007 00:00"
datetime.to_formatted_s(:rfc822)        # => "Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000"

Adding your own datetime formats to to_formatted_s

DateTime formats are shared with Time. You can add your own to the Time::DATE_FORMATS hash. Use the format name as the hash key and either a strftime string or Proc instance that takes a time or datetime argument as the value.

# config/initializers/time_formats.rb
Time::DATE_FORMATS[:month_and_year] = "%B %Y"
Time::DATE_FORMATS[:short_ordinal] = lambda { |time| time.strftime("%B #{time.day.ordinalize}") }



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions.rb', line 35

def to_formatted_s(format = :default)
  if formatter = ::Time::DATE_FORMATS[format]
    formatter.respond_to?(:call) ? formatter.call(self).to_s : strftime(formatter)
  else
    to_default_s
  end
end

#to_i ⇒ Object

Converts self to an integer number of seconds since the Unix epoch



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions.rb', line 93

def to_i
  seconds_since_unix_epoch.to_i
end

#to_time ⇒ Object

Attempts to convert self to a Ruby Time object; returns self if out of range of Ruby Time class If self has an offset other than 0, self will just be returned unaltered, since there’s no clean way to map it to a Time



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions.rb', line 68

def to_time
  self.offset == 0 ? ::Time.utc_time(year, month, day, hour, min, sec) : self
end

#utc ⇒ Object Also known as: getutc

Adjusts DateTime to UTC by adding its offset value; offset is set to 0

Example:

DateTime.civil(2005, 2, 21, 10, 11, 12, Rational(-6, 24))       # => Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:11:12 -0600
DateTime.civil(2005, 2, 21, 10, 11, 12, Rational(-6, 24)).utc   # => Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:11:12 +0000



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb', line 92

def utc
  new_offset(0)
end

#utc? ⇒ Boolean

Returns true if offset == 0

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb', line 98

def utc?
  offset == 0
end

#utc_offset ⇒ Object

Returns the offset value in seconds



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb', line 103

def utc_offset
  (offset * 86400).to_i
end

#xmlschema ⇒ Object

Converts datetime to an appropriate format for use in XML



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions.rb', line 83

def xmlschema
  strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%Z")
end