Method: Time#utc

Defined in:
time.c

#utc ⇒ self Also known as: gm

Returns self, converted to the UTC timezone:

t = Time.new(2000) # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 -0600
t.utc?             # => false
t.utc              # => 2000-01-01 06:00:00 UTC
t.utc?             # => true

Related: Time#getutc (returns a new converted Time object).

Returns:

  • (self) 


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# File 'time.c', line 4179

static VALUE
time_gmtime(VALUE time)
{
    struct time_object *tobj;
    struct vtm vtm;

    GetTimeval(time, tobj);
    if (TZMODE_UTC_P(tobj)) {
        if (tobj->vtm.tm_got)
            return time;
    }
    else {
        time_modify(time);
    }

    vtm.zone = str_utc;
    GMTIMEW(tobj->timew, &vtm);
    time_set_vtm(time, tobj, vtm);

    tobj->vtm.tm_got = 1;
    TZMODE_SET_UTC(tobj);
    return time;
}