module ActiveSupport #:nodoc: module CoreExtensions #:nodoc: module Time #:nodoc: # Getting times in different convenient string representations and other objects module Conversions DATE_FORMATS = { :db => "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", :time => "%H:%M", :short => "%d %b %H:%M", :long => "%B %d, %Y %H:%M", :long_ordinal => lambda { |time| time.strftime("%B #{time.day.ordinalize}, %Y %H:%M") }, :rfc822 => "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z" } def self.included(base) base.class_eval do alias_method :to_default_s, :to_s alias_method :to_s, :to_formatted_s end end # Convert to a formatted string - see DATE_FORMATS for predefined formats. # You can also add your own formats to the DATE_FORMATS constant and use them with this method. # # This method is also aliased as to_s. # # ==== Examples: # time = Time.now # => Thu Jan 18 06:10:17 CST 2007 # # time.to_formatted_s(:time) # => "06:10:17" # time.to_s(:time) # => "06:10:17" # # time.to_formatted_s(:db) # => "2007-01-18 06:10:17" # time.to_formatted_s(:short) # => "18 Jan 06:10" # time.to_formatted_s(:long) # => "January 18, 2007 06:10" # time.to_formatted_s(:long_ordinal) # => "January 18th, 2007 06:10" # time.to_formatted_s(:rfc822) # => "Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:10:17 -0600" def to_formatted_s(format = :default) if formatter = DATE_FORMATS[format] if formatter.respond_to?(:call) formatter.call(self).to_s else strftime(formatter) end else to_default_s end end # Convert a Time object to a Date, dropping hour, minute, and second precision. # # ==== Examples # my_time = Time.now # # => Mon Nov 12 22:59:51 -0500 2007 # # my_time.to_date # #=> Mon, 12 Nov 2007 # # your_time = Time.parse("1/13/2009 1:13:03 P.M.") # # => Tue Jan 13 13:13:03 -0500 2009 # # your_time.to_date # # => Tue, 13 Jan 2009 def to_date ::Date.new(year, month, day) end # A method to keep Time, Date and DateTime instances interchangeable on conversions. # In this case, it simply returns +self+. def to_time self end # Converts a Time instance to a Ruby DateTime instance, preserving UTC offset. # # ==== Examples # my_time = Time.now # # => Mon Nov 12 23:04:21 -0500 2007 # # my_time.to_datetime # # => Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:04:21 -0500 # # your_time = Time.parse("1/13/2009 1:13:03 P.M.") # # => Tue Jan 13 13:13:03 -0500 2009 # # your_time.to_datetime # # => Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:13:03 -0500 def to_datetime ::DateTime.civil(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, Rational(utc_offset, 86400)) end end end end end