Method: ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone#to_i

Defined in:

lib/active_support/time_with_zone.rb

#to_i ⇒ Object Also known as: tv_sec

Returns the object’s date and time as an integer number of seconds since the Epoch (January 1, 1970 00:00 UTC).

Time.zone.now.to_i # => 1417709320

# File 'lib/active_support/time_with_zone.rb', line 471

def to_i
  utc.to_i
end