to_s | -> | to_default_s |
inspect | -> | default_inspect |
<=> | -> | compare_without_coercion |
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.
Returns a new DateTime where one or more of the elements have been changed according to the options parameter. The time options (hour, minute, 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.
Layers additional behavior on DateTime#<=> so that Time and ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instances can be compared with a DateTime
Returns the utc_offset as an +HH:MM formatted string. Examples:
datetime = DateTime.civil(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, Rational(-6, 24)) datetime.formatted_offset # => "-06:00" datetime.formatted_offset(false) # => "-0600"
Returns the simultaneous time in Time.zone.
Time.zone = 'Hawaii' # => 'Hawaii' DateTime.new(2000).in_time_zone # => Fri, 31 Dec 1999 14:00:00 HST -10:00
This method is similar to Time#localtime, except that it uses Time.zone as the local zone instead of the operating system‘s time zone.
You can also pass in a TimeZone instance or string that identifies a TimeZone as an argument, and the conversion will be based on that zone instead of Time.zone.
DateTime.new(2000).in_time_zone('Alaska') # => Fri, 31 Dec 1999 15:00:00 AKST -09:00
Overrides the default inspect method with a human readable one, e.g., "Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:30:00 +0000"
Convert to a formatted string. See Time::DATE_FORMATS for predefined formats.
This method is aliased to to_s.
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 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}") }
Adjusts DateTime to UTC by adding its offset value; offset is set to 0
Example:
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 +0000