Module: HL7Time

Included in:

DateTime, Time

Defined in:

lib/core_ext/date_time.rb

Instance Method Summary

• #to_hl7(fraction_digits = 0) ⇒ Object

  Get a HL7 timestamp (type TS) for a Time instance.

Instance Method Details

#to_hl7(fraction_digits = 0) ⇒ Object

Get a HL7 timestamp (type TS) for a Time instance.

fraction_digits

specifies a number of digits of fractional seconds. Its default value is 0.

Time.parse('01:23').to_hl7
=> "20091202012300"
Time.now.to_hl7(3)
=> "20091202153652.302"

# File 'lib/core_ext/date_time.rb', line 12

def to_hl7(fraction_digits = 0)
  strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S") + hl7_fractions(fraction_digits)
end