Class: Time

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• Time

Defined in:

lib/ferret/number_tools.rb

Constant Summary

LEX_FORMAT =

{
    :year        => "%Y",
    :month       => "%Y-%m",
    :day         => "%Y-%m-%d",
    :hour        => "%Y-%m-%d %H",
    :minute      => "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M",
    :second      => "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
    :millisecond => "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
}

Instance Method Summary

• #to_s_lex(precision = :day) ⇒ Object

  Convert the Time to a lexicographically sortable string with the required precision.

Instance Method Details

#to_s_lex(precision = :day) ⇒ Object

Convert the Time to a lexicographically sortable string with the required precision. The format used is %Y%m%d %H:%M:%S.

precision

the precision required in the string version of the time. The options are :year, :month, :day, :hour, :minute and :second

return

a lexicographically sortable string representing the date

# File 'lib/ferret/number_tools.rb', line 106

def to_s_lex(precision = :day)
  self.strftime(LEX_FORMAT[precision])
end