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Class Public methods
civil_from_format(utc_or_local, year, month = 1, day = 1, hour = 0, min = 0, sec = 0)

Returns DateTime with local offset for given year if format is local else offset is zero.

DateTime.civil_from_format :local, 2012
# => Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0300
DateTime.civil_from_format :local, 2012, 12, 17
# => Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions.rb, line 67
def self.civil_from_format(utc_or_local, year, month = 1, day = 1, hour = 0, min = 0, sec = 0)
  if utc_or_local.to_sym == :local
    offset = ::Time.local(year, month, day).utc_offset.to_r / 86400
  else
    offset = 0
  end
  civil(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, offset)
end
current()

Returns Time.zone.now.to_datetime when Time.zone or config.time_zone are set, otherwise returns Time.now.to_datetime.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb, line 8
def current
  ::Time.zone ? ::Time.zone.now.to_datetime : ::Time.now.to_datetime
end
Instance Public methods
<=>(other)

Layers additional behavior on DateTime#<=> so that Time and ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instances can be compared with a DateTime.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb, line 202
def <=>(other)
  if other.respond_to? :to_datetime
    super other.to_datetime rescue nil
  else
    super
  end
end
acts_like_date?()

Duck-types as a Date-like class. See Object#acts_like?.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/acts_like.rb, line 6
def acts_like_date?
  true
end
acts_like_time?()

Duck-types as a Time-like class. See Object#acts_like?.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/acts_like.rb, line 11
def acts_like_time?
  true
end
advance(options)

Uses Date to provide precise Time calculations for years, months, and days. The options parameter takes a hash with any of these keys: :years, :months, :weeks, :days, :hours, :minutes, :seconds.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb, line 76
def advance(options)
  unless options[:weeks].nil?
    options[:weeks], partial_weeks = options[:weeks].divmod(1)
    options[:days] = options.fetch(:days, 0) + 7 * partial_weeks
  end

  unless options[:days].nil?
    options[:days], partial_days = options[:days].divmod(1)
    options[:hours] = options.fetch(:hours, 0) + 24 * partial_days
  end

  d = to_date.advance(options)
  datetime_advanced_by_date = change(year: d.year, month: d.month, day: d.day)
  seconds_to_advance =        options.fetch(:seconds, 0) +
    options.fetch(:minutes, 0) * 60 +
    options.fetch(:hours, 0) * 3600

  if seconds_to_advance.zero?
    datetime_advanced_by_date
  else
    datetime_advanced_by_date.since(seconds_to_advance)
  end
end
ago(seconds)

Returns a new DateTime representing the time a number of seconds ago. Do not use this method in combination with x.months, use months_ago instead!

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb, line 103
def ago(seconds)
  since(-seconds)
end
at_beginning_of_day()
Alias for: beginning_of_day
at_beginning_of_hour()
Alias for: beginning_of_hour
at_beginning_of_minute()
Alias for: beginning_of_minute
at_end_of_day()
Alias for: end_of_day
at_end_of_hour()
Alias for: end_of_hour
at_end_of_minute()
Alias for: end_of_minute
at_midday()
Alias for: middle_of_day
at_middle_of_day()
Alias for: middle_of_day
at_midnight()
Alias for: beginning_of_day
at_noon()
Alias for: middle_of_day
beginning_of_day()

Returns a new DateTime representing the start of the day (0:00).

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb, line 116
def beginning_of_day
  change(hour: 0)
end
beginning_of_hour()

Returns a new DateTime representing the start of the hour (hh:00:00).

Also aliased as: at_beginning_of_hour
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb, line 140
def beginning_of_hour
  change(min: 0)
end
beginning_of_minute()

Returns a new DateTime representing the start of the minute (hh:mm:00).

Also aliased as: at_beginning_of_minute
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb, line 152
def beginning_of_minute
  change(sec: 0)
end
change(options)

Returns a new DateTime where one or more of the elements have been changed according to the options parameter. The time options (:hour, :min, :sec) reset cascadingly, so if only the hour is passed, then minute and sec is set to 0. If the hour and minute is passed, then sec is set to 0. The options parameter takes a hash with any of these keys: :year, :month, :day, :hour, :min, :sec, :offset, :start.

DateTime.new(2012, 8, 29, 22, 35, 0).change(day: 1)              # => DateTime.new(2012, 8, 1, 22, 35, 0)
DateTime.new(2012, 8, 29, 22, 35, 0).change(year: 1981, day: 1)  # => DateTime.new(1981, 8, 1, 22, 35, 0)
DateTime.new(2012, 8, 29, 22, 35, 0).change(year: 1981, hour: 0) # => DateTime.new(1981, 8, 29, 0, 0, 0)
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb, line 49
def change(options)
  if new_nsec = options[:nsec]
    raise ArgumentError, "Can't change both :nsec and :usec at the same time: #{options.inspect}" if options[:usec]
    new_fraction = Rational(new_nsec, 1000000000)
  else
    new_usec = options.fetch(:usec, (options[:hour] || options[:min] || options[:sec]) ? 0 : Rational(nsec, 1000))
    new_fraction = Rational(new_usec, 1000000)
  end

  raise ArgumentError, "argument out of range" if new_fraction >= 1

  ::DateTime.civil(
    options.fetch(:year, year),
    options.fetch(:month, month),
    options.fetch(:day, day),
    options.fetch(:hour, hour),
    options.fetch(:min, options[:hour] ? 0 : min),
    options.fetch(:sec, (options[:hour] || options[:min]) ? 0 : sec) + new_fraction,
    options.fetch(:offset, offset),
    options.fetch(:start, start)
  )
end
default_inspect()
Alias for: inspect
end_of_day()

Returns a new DateTime representing the end of the day (23:59:59).

Also aliased as: at_end_of_day
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb, line 134
def end_of_day
  change(hour: 23, min: 59, sec: 59, usec: Rational(999999999, 1000))
end
end_of_hour()

Returns a new DateTime representing the end of the hour (hh:59:59).

Also aliased as: at_end_of_hour
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb, line 146
def end_of_hour
  change(min: 59, sec: 59, usec: Rational(999999999, 1000))
end
end_of_minute()

Returns a new DateTime representing the end of the minute (hh:mm:59).

Also aliased as: at_end_of_minute
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb, line 158
def end_of_minute
  change(sec: 59, usec: Rational(999999999, 1000))
end
formatted_offset(colon = true, alternate_utc_string = nil)

Returns a formatted string of the offset from UTC, or an alternative string if the time zone is already UTC.

datetime = DateTime.civil(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, Rational(-6, 24))
datetime.formatted_offset         # => "-06:00"
datetime.formatted_offset(false)  # => "-0600"
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions.rb, line 49
def formatted_offset(colon = true, alternate_utc_string = nil)
  utc? && alternate_utc_string || ActiveSupport::TimeZone.seconds_to_utc_offset(utc_offset, colon)
end
getgm()
Alias for: utc
getlocal(utc_offset = nil)
Alias for: localtime
getutc()
Alias for: utc
gmtime()
Alias for: utc
in(seconds)
Alias for: since
inspect()
Also aliased as: default_inspect
Alias for: readable_inspect
localtime(utc_offset = nil)

Returns a Time instance of the simultaneous time in the system timezone.

Also aliased as: getlocal
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb, line 164
def localtime(utc_offset = nil)
  utc = new_offset(0)

  Time.utc(
    utc.year, utc.month, utc.day,
    utc.hour, utc.min, utc.sec + utc.sec_fraction
  ).getlocal(utc_offset)
end
midday()
Alias for: middle_of_day
middle_of_day()

Returns a new DateTime representing the middle of the day (12:00)

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb, line 124
def middle_of_day
  change(hour: 12)
end
midnight()
Alias for: beginning_of_day
noon()
Alias for: middle_of_day
nsec()

Returns the fraction of a second as nanoseconds

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions.rb, line 92
def nsec
  (sec_fraction * 1_000_000_000).to_i
end
readable_inspect()

Overrides the default inspect method with a human readable one, e.g., “Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:30:00 +0000”.

Also aliased as: inspect
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions.rb, line 54
def readable_inspect
  to_s(:rfc822)
end
seconds_since_midnight()

Returns the number of seconds since 00:00:00.

DateTime.new(2012, 8, 29,  0,  0,  0).seconds_since_midnight # => 0
DateTime.new(2012, 8, 29, 12, 34, 56).seconds_since_midnight # => 45296
DateTime.new(2012, 8, 29, 23, 59, 59).seconds_since_midnight # => 86399
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb, line 18
def seconds_since_midnight
  sec + (min * 60) + (hour * 3600)
end
seconds_until_end_of_day()

Returns the number of seconds until 23:59:59.

DateTime.new(2012, 8, 29,  0,  0,  0).seconds_until_end_of_day # => 86399
DateTime.new(2012, 8, 29, 12, 34, 56).seconds_until_end_of_day # => 41103
DateTime.new(2012, 8, 29, 23, 59, 59).seconds_until_end_of_day # => 0
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb, line 27
def seconds_until_end_of_day
  end_of_day.to_i - to_i
end
since(seconds)

Returns a new DateTime representing the time a number of seconds since the instance time. Do not use this method in combination with x.months, use months_since instead!

Also aliased as: in
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb, line 110
def since(seconds)
  self + Rational(seconds.round, 86400)
end
subsec()

Returns the fraction of a second as a Rational

DateTime.new(2012, 8, 29, 0, 0, 0.5).subsec # => (1/2)
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb, line 34
def subsec
  sec_fraction
end
to_default_s(format = :default)
Alias for: to_s
to_f()

Converts self to a floating-point number of seconds, including fractional microseconds, since the Unix epoch.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions.rb, line 77
def to_f
  seconds_since_unix_epoch.to_f + sec_fraction
end
to_formatted_s(format = :default)

Convert to a formatted string. See Time::DATE_FORMATS for predefined formats.

This method is aliased to to_s.

Examples

datetime = DateTime.civil(2007, 12, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0)   # => Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000

datetime.to_formatted_s(:db)            # => "2007-12-04 00:00:00"
datetime.to_s(:db)                      # => "2007-12-04 00:00:00"
datetime.to_s(:number)                  # => "20071204000000"
datetime.to_formatted_s(:short)         # => "04 Dec 00:00"
datetime.to_formatted_s(:long)          # => "December 04, 2007 00:00"
datetime.to_formatted_s(:long_ordinal)  # => "December 4th, 2007 00:00"
datetime.to_formatted_s(:rfc822)        # => "Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000"
datetime.to_formatted_s(:iso8601)       # => "2007-12-04T00:00:00+00:00"

Adding your own datetime formats to #to_formatted_s

DateTime formats are shared with Time. You can add your own to the Time::DATE_FORMATS hash. Use the format name as the hash key and either a strftime string or Proc instance that takes a time or datetime argument as the value.

# config/initializers/time_formats.rb
Time::DATE_FORMATS[:month_and_year] = '%B %Y'
Time::DATE_FORMATS[:short_ordinal] = lambda { |time| time.strftime("%B #{time.day.ordinalize}") }
Also aliased as: to_s
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions.rb, line 33
def to_formatted_s(format = :default)
  if formatter = ::Time::DATE_FORMATS[format]
    formatter.respond_to?(:call) ? formatter.call(self).to_s : strftime(formatter)
  else
    to_default_s
  end
end
to_i()

Converts self to an integer number of seconds since the Unix epoch.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions.rb, line 82
def to_i
  seconds_since_unix_epoch.to_i
end
to_s(format = :default)
Also aliased as: to_default_s
Alias for: to_formatted_s
to_time()

Either return an instance of `Time` with the same UTC offset as self or an instance of `Time` representing the same time in the the local system timezone depending on the setting of on the setting of ActiveSupport.to_time_preserves_timezone.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/compatibility.rb, line 13
def to_time
  preserve_timezone ? getlocal(utc_offset) : getlocal
end
usec()

Returns the fraction of a second as microseconds

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions.rb, line 87
def usec
  (sec_fraction * 1_000_000).to_i
end
utc()

Returns a Time instance of the simultaneous time in the UTC timezone.

DateTime.civil(2005, 2, 21, 10, 11, 12, Rational(-6, 24))     # => Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:11:12 -0600
DateTime.civil(2005, 2, 21, 10, 11, 12, Rational(-6, 24)).utc # => Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:11:12 UTC
Also aliased as: getgm, getutc, gmtime
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb, line 178
def utc
  utc = new_offset(0)

  Time.utc(
    utc.year, utc.month, utc.day,
    utc.hour, utc.min, utc.sec + utc.sec_fraction
  )
end
utc?()

Returns true if offset == 0.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb, line 191
def utc?
  offset == 0
end
utc_offset()

Returns the offset value in seconds.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb, line 196
def utc_offset
  (offset * 86400).to_i
end