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Constants

COMMON_YEAR_DAYS_IN_MONTH = [nil, 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31]
 
DATE_FORMATS = { db: "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", inspect: "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%9N %z", number: "%Y%m%d%H%M%S", nsec: "%Y%m%d%H%M%S%9N", usec: "%Y%m%d%H%M%S%6N", time: "%H:%M", short: "%d %b %H:%M", long: "%B %d, %Y %H:%M", long_ordinal: lambda { |time| day_format = ActiveSupport::Inflector.ordinalize(time.day) time.strftime("%B #{day_format}, %Y %H:%M") }, rfc822: lambda { |time| offset_format = time.formatted_offset(false) time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S #{offset_format}") }, rfc2822: lambda { |time| time.rfc2822 }, iso8601: lambda { |time| time.iso8601 } }
 

Attributes

[RW] zone_default

Class Public methods

===(other)

Overriding case equality method so that it returns true for ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instances

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 18 def ===(other) super || (self == Time && other.is_a?(ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone)) end

at(time_or_number, *args)

Also aliased as: at_without_coercion
Alias for: at_with_coercion

at_with_coercion(time_or_number, *args)

Layers additional behavior on Time.at so that ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone and DateTime instances can be used when called with a single argument

Also aliased as: at
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 45 def at_with_coercion(time_or_number, *args) if args.empty? if time_or_number.is_a?(ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone) at_without_coercion(time_or_number.to_r).getlocal elsif time_or_number.is_a?(DateTime) at_without_coercion(time_or_number.to_f).getlocal else at_without_coercion(time_or_number) end else at_without_coercion(time_or_number, *args) end end

at_without_coercion(time_or_number, *args)

Alias for: at

current()

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

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 39 def current ::Time.zone ? ::Time.zone.now : ::Time.now end

days_in_month(month, year = current.year)

Returns the number of days in the given month. If no year is specified, it will use the current year.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 24 def days_in_month(month, year = current.year) if month == 2 && ::Date.gregorian_leap?(year) 29 else COMMON_YEAR_DAYS_IN_MONTH[month] end end

days_in_year(year = current.year)

Returns the number of days in the given year. If no year is specified, it will use the current year.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 34 def days_in_year(year = current.year) days_in_month(2, year) + 337 end

find_zone(time_zone)

Returns a TimeZone instance matching the time zone provided. Accepts the time zone in any format supported by Time.zone=. Returns nil for invalid time zones.

Time.find_zone "America/New_York" # => #<ActiveSupport::TimeZone @name="America/New_York" ...> Time.find_zone "NOT-A-TIMEZONE" # => nil 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/zones.rb, line 93 def find_zone(time_zone) find_zone!(time_zone) rescue nil end

find_zone!(time_zone)

Returns a TimeZone instance matching the time zone provided. Accepts the time zone in any format supported by Time.zone=. Raises an ArgumentError for invalid time zones.

Time.find_zone! "America/New_York" # => #<ActiveSupport::TimeZone @name="America/New_York" ...> Time.find_zone! "EST" # => #<ActiveSupport::TimeZone @name="EST" ...> Time.find_zone! -5.hours # => #<ActiveSupport::TimeZone @name="Bogota" ...> Time.find_zone! nil # => nil Time.find_zone! false # => false Time.find_zone! "NOT-A-TIMEZONE" # => ArgumentError: Invalid Timezone: NOT-A-TIMEZONE 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/zones.rb, line 81 def find_zone!(time_zone) return time_zone unless time_zone ActiveSupport::TimeZone[time_zone] || raise(ArgumentError, "Invalid Timezone: #{time_zone}") end

rfc3339(str)

Creates a Time instance from an RFC 3339 string.

Time.rfc3339('1999-12-31T14:00:00-10:00') # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 -1000 

If the time or offset components are missing then an ArgumentError will be raised.

Time.rfc3339('1999-12-31') # => ArgumentError: invalid date 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 69 def rfc3339(str) parts = Date._rfc3339(str) raise ArgumentError, "invalid date" if parts.empty? Time.new( parts.fetch(:year), parts.fetch(:mon), parts.fetch(:mday), parts.fetch(:hour), parts.fetch(:min), parts.fetch(:sec) + parts.fetch(:sec_fraction, 0), parts.fetch(:offset) ) end

use_zone(time_zone)

Allows override of Time.zone locally inside supplied block; resets Time.zone to existing value when done.

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base around_action :set_time_zone private def set_time_zone Time.use_zone(current_user.timezone) { yield } end end 

NOTE: This won’t affect any ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone objects that have already been created, e.g. any model timestamp attributes that have been read before the block will remain in the application’s default timezone.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/zones.rb, line 61 def use_zone(time_zone) new_zone = find_zone!(time_zone) begin old_zone, ::Time.zone = ::Time.zone, new_zone yield ensure ::Time.zone = old_zone end end

zone()

Returns the TimeZone for the current request, if this has been set (via Time.zone=). If Time.zone has not been set for the current request, returns the TimeZone specified in config.time_zone.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/zones.rb, line 14 def zone ::ActiveSupport::IsolatedExecutionState[:time_zone] || zone_default end

zone=(time_zone)

Sets Time.zone to a TimeZone object for the current request/thread.

This method accepts any of the following:

  • A Rails TimeZone object.

  • An identifier for a Rails TimeZone object (e.g., “Eastern Time (US & Canada)”, -5.hours).

  • A TZInfo::Timezone object.

  • An identifier for a TZInfo::Timezone object (e.g., “America/New_York”).

Here’s an example of how you might set Time.zone on a per request basis and reset it when the request is done. current_user.time_zone just needs to return a string identifying the user’s preferred time zone:

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base around_action :set_time_zone def set_time_zone if logged_in? Time.use_zone(current_user.time_zone) { yield } else yield end end end 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/zones.rb, line 41 def zone=(time_zone) ::ActiveSupport::IsolatedExecutionState[:time_zone] = find_zone!(time_zone) end

Instance Public methods

<=>(other)

Also aliased as: compare_without_coercion

acts_like_time?()

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

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/acts_like.rb, line 7 def acts_like_time? true end

advance(options)

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

Time.new(2015, 8, 1, 14, 35, 0).advance(seconds: 1) # => 2015-08-01 14:35:01 -0700 Time.new(2015, 8, 1, 14, 35, 0).advance(minutes: 1) # => 2015-08-01 14:36:00 -0700 Time.new(2015, 8, 1, 14, 35, 0).advance(hours: 1) # => 2015-08-01 15:35:00 -0700 Time.new(2015, 8, 1, 14, 35, 0).advance(days: 1) # => 2015-08-02 14:35:00 -0700 Time.new(2015, 8, 1, 14, 35, 0).advance(weeks: 1) # => 2015-08-08 14:35:00 -0700 

Just like Date#advance, increments are applied in order of time units from largest to smallest. This order can affect the result around the end of a month.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 194 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.gregorian.advance(options) time_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? time_advanced_by_date else time_advanced_by_date.since(seconds_to_advance) end end

ago(seconds)

Returns a new Time representing the time a number of seconds ago, this is basically a wrapper around the Numeric extension

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 220 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 Time representing the start of the day (0:00)

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 231 def beginning_of_day change(hour: 0) end

beginning_of_hour()

Returns a new Time representing the start of the hour (x:00)

Also aliased as: at_beginning_of_hour
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 260 def beginning_of_hour change(min: 0) end

beginning_of_minute()

Returns a new Time representing the start of the minute (x:xx:00)

Also aliased as: at_beginning_of_minute
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 276 def beginning_of_minute change(sec: 0) end

change(options)

Returns a new Time where one or more of the elements have been changed according to the options parameter. The time options (:hour, :min, :sec, :usec, :nsec) reset cascadingly, so if only the hour is passed, then minute, sec, usec, and nsec is set to 0. If the hour and minute is passed, then sec, usec, and nsec is set to 0. The options parameter takes a hash with any of these keys: :year, :month, :day, :hour, :min, :sec, :usec, :nsec, :offset. Pass either :usec or :nsec, not both.

Time.new(2012, 8, 29, 22, 35, 0).change(day: 1) # => Time.new(2012, 8, 1, 22, 35, 0) Time.new(2012, 8, 29, 22, 35, 0).change(year: 1981, day: 1) # => Time.new(1981, 8, 1, 22, 35, 0) Time.new(2012, 8, 29, 22, 35, 0).change(year: 1981, hour: 0) # => Time.new(1981, 8, 29, 0, 0, 0) 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 123 def change(options) new_year = options.fetch(:year, year) new_month = options.fetch(:month, month) new_day = options.fetch(:day, day) new_hour = options.fetch(:hour, hour) new_min = options.fetch(:min, options[:hour] ? 0 : min) new_sec = options.fetch(:sec, (options[:hour] || options[:min]) ? 0 : sec) new_offset = options.fetch(:offset, nil) if new_nsec = options[:nsec] raise ArgumentError, "Can't change both :nsec and :usec at the same time: #{options.inspect}" if options[:usec] new_usec = Rational(new_nsec, 1000) else new_usec = options.fetch(:usec, (options[:hour] || options[:min] || options[:sec]) ? 0 : Rational(nsec, 1000)) end raise ArgumentError, "argument out of range" if new_usec >= 1000000 new_sec += Rational(new_usec, 1000000) if new_offset ::Time.new(new_year, new_month, new_day, new_hour, new_min, new_sec, new_offset) elsif utc? ::Time.utc(new_year, new_month, new_day, new_hour, new_min, new_sec) elsif zone.respond_to?(:utc_to_local) new_time = ::Time.new(new_year, new_month, new_day, new_hour, new_min, new_sec, zone) # Some versions of Ruby have a bug where Time.new with a zone object and # fractional seconds will end up with a broken utc_offset. # This is fixed in Ruby 3.3.1 and 3.2.4 unless new_time.utc_offset.integer? new_time += 0 end # When there are two occurrences of a nominal time due to DST ending, # `Time.new` chooses the first chronological occurrence (the one with a # larger UTC offset). However, for `change`, we want to choose the # occurrence that matches this time's UTC offset. # # If the new time's UTC offset is larger than this time's UTC offset, the # new time might be a first chronological occurrence. So we add the offset # difference to fast-forward the new time, and check if the result has the # desired UTC offset (i.e. is the second chronological occurrence). offset_difference = new_time.utc_offset - utc_offset if offset_difference > 0 && (new_time_2 = new_time + offset_difference).utc_offset == utc_offset new_time_2 else new_time end elsif zone ::Time.local(new_sec, new_min, new_hour, new_day, new_month, new_year, nil, nil, isdst, nil) else ::Time.new(new_year, new_month, new_day, new_hour, new_min, new_sec, utc_offset) end end

compare_with_coercion(other)

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

Also aliased as: <=>
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 322 def compare_with_coercion(other) # we're avoiding Time#to_datetime and Time#to_time because they're expensive if other.class == Time compare_without_coercion(other) elsif other.is_a?(Time) # also avoid ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone#to_time before Rails 8.0 if other.respond_to?(:comparable_time) compare_without_coercion(other.comparable_time) else compare_without_coercion(other.to_time) end else to_datetime <=> other end end

compare_without_coercion(other)

Alias for: <=>

end_of_day()

Returns a new Time representing the end of the day, 23:59:59.999999

Also aliased as: at_end_of_day
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 249 def end_of_day change( hour: 23, min: 59, sec: 59, usec: Rational(999999999, 1000) ) end

end_of_hour()

Returns a new Time representing the end of the hour, x:59:59.999999

Also aliased as: at_end_of_hour
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 266 def end_of_hour change( min: 59, sec: 59, usec: Rational(999999999, 1000) ) end

end_of_minute()

Returns a new Time representing the end of the minute, x:xx:59.999999

Also aliased as: at_end_of_minute
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 282 def end_of_minute change( sec: 59, usec: Rational(999999999, 1000) ) end

eql?(other)

Also aliased as: eql_without_coercion
Alias for: eql_with_coercion

eql_with_coercion(other)

Layers additional behavior on Time#eql? so that ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instances can be eql? to an equivalent Time

Also aliased as: eql?
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 342 def eql_with_coercion(other) # if other is an ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone, coerce a Time instance from it so we can do eql? comparison other = other.comparable_time if other.respond_to?(:comparable_time) eql_without_coercion(other) end

eql_without_coercion(other)

Alias for: eql?

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.

Time.local(2000).formatted_offset # => "-06:00" Time.local(2000).formatted_offset(false) # => "-0600" 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/conversions.rb, line 69 def formatted_offset(colon = true, alternate_utc_string = nil) utc? && alternate_utc_string || ActiveSupport::TimeZone.seconds_to_utc_offset(utc_offset, colon) end

in(seconds)

Alias for: since

midday()

Alias for: middle_of_day

middle_of_day()

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

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 239 def middle_of_day change(hour: 12) end

midnight()

Alias for: beginning_of_day

minus_with_coercion(other)

Time#- can also be used to determine the number of seconds between two Time instances. We’re layering on additional behavior so that ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instances are coerced into values that Time#- will recognize

Also aliased as: -
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 313 def minus_with_coercion(other) other = other.comparable_time if other.respond_to?(:comparable_time) other.is_a?(DateTime) ? to_f - other.to_f : minus_without_coercion(other) end

minus_without_coercion(other)

Alias for: -

minus_without_duration(other)

Alias for: -

next_day(days = 1)

Returns a new time the specified number of days in the future.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 356 def next_day(days = 1) advance(days: days) end

next_month(months = 1)

Returns a new time the specified number of months in the future.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 366 def next_month(months = 1) advance(months: months) end

next_year(years = 1)

Returns a new time the specified number of years in the future.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 376 def next_year(years = 1) advance(years: years) end

noon()

Alias for: middle_of_day

prev_day(days = 1)

Returns a new time the specified number of days ago.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 351 def prev_day(days = 1) advance(days: -days) end

prev_month(months = 1)

Returns a new time the specified number of months ago.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 361 def prev_month(months = 1) advance(months: -months) end

prev_year(years = 1)

Returns a new time the specified number of years ago.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 371 def prev_year(years = 1) advance(years: -years) end

sec_fraction()

Returns the fraction of a second as a Rational

Time.new(2012, 8, 29, 0, 0, 0.5).sec_fraction # => (1/2) 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 107 def sec_fraction subsec end

seconds_since_midnight()

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

Time.new(2012, 8, 29, 0, 0, 0).seconds_since_midnight # => 0.0 Time.new(2012, 8, 29, 12, 34, 56).seconds_since_midnight # => 45296.0 Time.new(2012, 8, 29, 23, 59, 59).seconds_since_midnight # => 86399.0 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 91 def seconds_since_midnight to_i - change(hour: 0).to_i + (usec / 1.0e+6) end

seconds_until_end_of_day()

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

Time.new(2012, 8, 29, 0, 0, 0).seconds_until_end_of_day # => 86399 Time.new(2012, 8, 29, 12, 34, 56).seconds_until_end_of_day # => 41103 Time.new(2012, 8, 29, 23, 59, 59).seconds_until_end_of_day # => 0 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 100 def seconds_until_end_of_day end_of_day.to_i - to_i end

since(seconds)

Returns a new Time representing the time a number of seconds since the instance time

Also aliased as: in
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 225 def since(seconds) self + seconds end

to_formatted_s(format = :default)

Alias for: to_fs

to_fs(format = :default)

Converts to a formatted string. See DATE_FORMATS for built-in formats.

This method is aliased to to_formatted_s.

time = Time.now # => 2007-01-18 06:10:17 -06:00 time.to_fs(:time) # => "06:10" time.to_formatted_s(:time) # => "06:10" time.to_fs(:db) # => "2007-01-18 06:10:17" time.to_fs(:number) # => "20070118061017" time.to_fs(:short) # => "18 Jan 06:10" time.to_fs(:long) # => "January 18, 2007 06:10" time.to_fs(:long_ordinal) # => "January 18th, 2007 06:10" time.to_fs(:rfc822) # => "Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:10:17 -0600" time.to_fs(:rfc2822) # => "Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:10:17 -0600" time.to_fs(:iso8601) # => "2007-01-18T06:10:17-06:00" 

Adding your own time formats to to_fs

You can add your own formats 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 argument as the value.

# config/initializers/time_formats.rb Time::DATE_FORMATS[:month_and_year] = '%B %Y' Time::DATE_FORMATS[:short_ordinal] = ->(time) { time.strftime("%B #{time.day.ordinalize}") } 
Also aliased as: to_formatted_s
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/conversions.rb, line 55 def to_fs(format = :default) if formatter = DATE_FORMATS[format] formatter.respond_to?(:call) ? formatter.call(self).to_s : strftime(formatter) else to_s end end

to_time()

Return self.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/compatibility.rb, line 12 def to_time self end