Class: DateTime

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• DateTime

Includes:

ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::DateTime::Calculations, ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::DateTime::Conversions, ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Time::Behavior, ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Time::Zones

Defined in:

lib/gems/extlib-0.9.9/lib/extlib/datetime.rb,
lib/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time.rb,
lib/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/active_support/json/encoders/date_time.rb

Instance Method Summary

• #to_datetime ⇒ DateTime

  Return receiver (for DateTime/Time conversion protocol).

• #to_json(options = nil) ⇒ Object

  Returns a JSON string representing the datetime.

• #to_time ⇒ Time

  Convert to Time object (for DateTime/Time conversion protocol).

Methods included from ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::DateTime::Conversions

append_features, #formatted_offset, #readable_inspect, #to_date, #to_f, #to_formatted_s, #xmlschema

Methods included from ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::DateTime::Calculations

#advance, #ago, #beginning_of_day, #change, #compare_with_coercion, #end_of_day, #future?, included, #past?, #seconds_since_midnight, #since, #utc, #utc?, #utc_offset

Methods included from ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Time::Zones

#in_time_zone, included

Methods included from ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Time::Behavior

#acts_like_time?

Instance Method Details

#to_datetime ⇒ DateTime

Return receiver (for DateTime/Time conversion protocol).

DateTime.now.to_datetime    #=> #<DateTime: 212093913977/86400,-1/3,2299161>

Returns:

• (DateTime) —

  Receiver

# File 'lib/gems/extlib-0.9.9/lib/extlib/datetime.rb', line 24

def to_datetime
  self
end

#to_json(options = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns a JSON string representing the datetime. If ActiveSupport.use_standard_json_time_format is set to true, the ISO 8601 format is used.

Examples:

# With ActiveSupport.use_standard_json_time_format = true
DateTime.civil(2005,2,1,15,15,10).to_json
# => "2005-02-01T15:15:10+00:00"

# With ActiveSupport.use_standard_json_time_format = false
DateTime.civil(2005,2,1,15,15,10).to_json
# => "2005/02/01 15:15:10 +0000"

# File 'lib/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/active_support/json/encoders/date_time.rb', line 14

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

#to_time ⇒ Time

Convert to Time object (for DateTime/Time conversion protocol).

DateTime.now.to_time    #=> Wed Nov 19 20:04:51 -0800 2008

Returns:

• (Time) —

  Time object representing the same moment as receiver

# File 'lib/gems/extlib-0.9.9/lib/extlib/datetime.rb', line 12

def to_time
  Time.parse self.to_s
end