# SixArm.com » Ruby » <br> Time.stamp method for ISO RFC date and time stamp

* Doc: <http://sixarm.com/sixarm_ruby_time_stamp/doc>
* Gem: <http://rubygems.org/gems/sixarm_ruby_time_stamp>
* Repo: <http://github.com/sixarm/sixarm_ruby_time_stamp>
* Email: Joel Parker Henderson, <joel@sixarm.com>

## Introduction

Provides timestamp methods Time.stamp and Time#stamp

For docs go to <http://sixarm.com/sixarm_ruby_time_stamp/doc>

Want to help? We're happy to get pull requests.


## Install quickstart

Install:

    gem install sixarm_ruby_time_stamp

Bundler:

    gem "sixarm_ruby_time_stamp", "~>1.1.0"

Require:

    require "sixarm_ruby_time_stamp"


## Install with security (optional)

To enable high security	for all	our gems:

    wget http://sixarm.com/sixarm.pem
    gem cert --add sixarm.pem
    gem sources --add http://sixarm.com

To install with high security:

    gem install sixarm_ruby_time_stamp --test --trust-policy HighSecurity


## Examples

    puts Time.stamp  #=> "2010-12-31T12:59:59Z"
    puts Time.now.stamp  #=> "2010-12-31T12:59:59Z"


## Changes

* 2012-07-15 1.1.2 Improve standardization by adding "T" to indicate time start.
* 2012-03-16 1.1.0 Upgrade for Ruby 1.9.3, minitest/spec, and improved docs.
* 2011-11-07 1.0.0 Copied from sixarm_ruby_ramp to this independent gem


## License

You may choose any of these open source licenses:

  * Apache License
  * BSD License
  * CreativeCommons License, Non-commercial Share Alike
  * GNU General Public License Version 2 (GPL 2)
  * GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
  * MIT License
  * Perl Artistic License
  * Ruby License

The software is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, 
express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of 
merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and noninfringement. 

In no event shall the authors or copyright holders be liable for any 
claim, damages or other liability, whether in an action of contract, 
tort or otherwise, arising from, out of or in connection with the 
software or the use or other dealings in the software.

This license is for the included software that is created by SixArm;
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Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Joel Parker Henderson