Enables the use of time calculations within Time itself

Methods
Classes and Modules
Module ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Time::Calculations::ClassMethods
Constants
COMMON_YEAR_DAYS_IN_MONTH = [nil, 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31]
Public Instance methods
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 lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 85
85:         def advance(options)
86:           d = to_date.advance(options)
87:           time_advanced_by_date = change(:year => d.year, :month => d.month, :day => d.day)
88:           seconds_to_advance = (options[:seconds] || 0) + (options[:minutes] || 0) * 60 + (options[:hours] || 0) * 3600
89:           seconds_to_advance == 0 ? time_advanced_by_date : time_advanced_by_date.since(seconds_to_advance)
90:         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 lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 93
93:         def ago(seconds)
94:           self.since(-seconds)
95:         end
at_beginning_of_day()

Alias for beginning_of_day

at_beginning_of_month()

Alias for beginning_of_month

at_beginning_of_quarter()
at_beginning_of_week()

Alias for beginning_of_week

at_beginning_of_year()

Alias for beginning_of_year

at_end_of_month()

Alias for end_of_month

at_end_of_quarter()

Alias for end_of_quarter

at_end_of_week()

Alias for end_of_week

at_end_of_year()

Alias for end_of_year

at_midnight()

Alias for beginning_of_day

beginning_of_day()

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

This method is also aliased as midnight at_midnight at_beginning_of_day
     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 176
176:         def beginning_of_day
177:           (self - self.seconds_since_midnight).change(:usec => 0)
178:         end
beginning_of_month()

Returns a new Time representing the start of the month (1st of the month, 0:00)

This method is also aliased as at_beginning_of_month
     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 189
189:         def beginning_of_month
190:           #self - ((self.mday-1).days + self.seconds_since_midnight)
191:           change(:day => 1,:hour => 0, :min => 0, :sec => 0, :usec => 0)
192:         end
beginning_of_quarter()

Returns a new Time representing the start of the quarter (1st of january, april, july, october, 0:00)

This method is also aliased as at_beginning_of_quarter
     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 204
204:         def beginning_of_quarter
205:           beginning_of_month.change(:month => [10, 7, 4, 1].detect { |m| m <= self.month })
206:         end
beginning_of_week()

Returns a new Time representing the "start" of this week (Monday, 0:00)

This method is also aliased as monday at_beginning_of_week
     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 155
155:         def beginning_of_week
156:           days_to_monday = self.wday!=0 ? self.wday-1 : 6
157:           (self - days_to_monday.days).midnight
158:         end
beginning_of_year()

Returns a new Time representing the start of the year (1st of january, 0:00)

This method is also aliased as at_beginning_of_year
     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 216
216:         def beginning_of_year
217:           change(:month => 1,:day => 1,:hour => 0, :min => 0, :sec => 0, :usec => 0)
218:         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, minute, sec, usec) reset cascadingly, so if only the hour is passed, then minute, sec, and usec is set to 0. If the hour and minute is passed, then sec and usec is set to 0.

    # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 68
68:         def change(options)
69:           ::Time.send(
70:             self.utc? ? :utc_time : :local_time,
71:             options[:year]  || self.year,
72:             options[:month] || self.month,
73:             options[:day]   || self.day,
74:             options[:hour]  || self.hour,
75:             options[:min]   || (options[:hour] ? 0 : self.min),
76:             options[:sec]   || ((options[:hour] || options[:min]) ? 0 : self.sec),
77:             options[:usec]  || ((options[:hour] || options[:min] || options[:sec]) ? 0 : self.usec)
78:           )
79:         end
compare_with_coercion(other)

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

     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 263
263:         def compare_with_coercion(other)
264:           # if other is an ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone, coerce a Time instance from it so we can do <=> comparision
265:           other = other.comparable_time if other.respond_to?(:comparable_time)
266:           if other.acts_like?(:date)
267:             # other is a Date/DateTime, so coerce self #to_datetime and hand off to DateTime#<=>
268:             to_datetime.compare_without_coercion(other)
269:           else
270:             compare_without_coercion(other)
271:           end
272:         end
end_of_day()

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

     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 184
184:         def end_of_day
185:           change(:hour => 23, :min => 59, :sec => 59)
186:         end
end_of_month()

Returns a new Time representing the end of the month (last day of the month, 0:00)

This method is also aliased as at_end_of_month
     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 196
196:         def end_of_month
197:           #self - ((self.mday-1).days + self.seconds_since_midnight)
198:           last_day = ::Time.days_in_month( self.month, self.year )
199:           change(:day => last_day, :hour => 23, :min => 59, :sec => 59, :usec => 0)
200:         end
end_of_quarter()

Returns a new Time representing the end of the quarter (last day of march, june, september, december, 23:59:59)

This method is also aliased as at_end_of_quarter
     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 210
210:         def end_of_quarter
211:           change(:month => [3, 6, 9, 12].detect { |m| m >= self.month }).end_of_month
212:         end
end_of_week()

Returns a new Time representing the end of this week (Sunday, 23:59:59)

This method is also aliased as at_end_of_week
     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 163
163:         def end_of_week
164:           days_to_sunday = self.wday!=0 ? 7-self.wday : 0
165:           (self + days_to_sunday.days).end_of_day
166:         end
end_of_year()

Returns a new Time representing the end of the year (31st of december, 23:59:59)

This method is also aliased as at_end_of_year
     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 222
222:         def end_of_year
223:           change(:month => 12,:day => 31,:hour => 23, :min => 59, :sec => 59)
224:         end
in(seconds)

Alias for since

last_month()

Short-hand for months_ago(1)

     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 145
145:         def last_month
146:           months_ago(1)
147:         end
last_year()

Short-hand for years_ago(1)

     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 134
134:         def last_year
135:           years_ago(1)
136:         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

     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 256
256:         def minus_with_coercion(other)
257:           other = other.comparable_time if other.respond_to?(:comparable_time)
258:           minus_without_coercion(other)
259:         end
monday()

Alias for beginning_of_week

months_ago(months)

Returns a new Time representing the time a number of specified months ago

     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 114
114:         def months_ago(months)
115:           advance(:months => -months)
116:         end
months_since(months)

Returns a new Time representing the time a number of specified months in the future

     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 119
119:         def months_since(months)
120:           advance(:months => months)
121:         end
next_month()

Short-hand for months_since(1)

     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 150
150:         def next_month
151:           months_since(1)
152:         end
next_week(day = :monday)

Returns a new Time representing the start of the given day in next week (default is Monday).

     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 170
170:         def next_week(day = :monday)
171:           days_into_week = { :monday => 0, :tuesday => 1, :wednesday => 2, :thursday => 3, :friday => 4, :saturday => 5, :sunday => 6}
172:           since(1.week).beginning_of_week.since(days_into_week[day].day).change(:hour => 0)
173:         end
next_year()

Short-hand for years_since(1)

     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 139
139:         def next_year
140:           years_since(1)
141:         end
seconds_since_midnight()
    # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 61
61:         def seconds_since_midnight
62:           self.to_i - self.change(:hour => 0).to_i + (self.usec/1.0e+6)
63:         end
since(seconds)

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

This method is also aliased as in
     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 99
 99:         def since(seconds)
100:           f = seconds.since(self)
101:           if ActiveSupport::Duration === seconds
102:             f
103:           else
104:             initial_dst = self.dst? ? 1 : 0
105:             final_dst   = f.dst? ? 1 : 0
106:             (seconds.abs >= 86400 && initial_dst != final_dst) ? f + (initial_dst - final_dst).hours : f
107:           end
108:         rescue
109:           self.to_datetime.since(seconds)          
110:         end
tomorrow()

Convenience method which returns a new Time representing the time 1 day since the instance time

     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 233
233:         def tomorrow
234:           advance(:days => 1)
235:         end
years_ago(years)

Returns a new Time representing the time a number of specified years ago

     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 124
124:         def years_ago(years)
125:           advance(:years => -years)
126:         end
years_since(years)

Returns a new Time representing the time a number of specified years in the future

     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 129
129:         def years_since(years)
130:           advance(:years => years)
131:         end
yesterday()

Convenience method which returns a new Time representing the time 1 day ago

     # File lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 228
228:         def yesterday
229:           advance(:days => -1)
230:         end