Time
is an abstraction of dates and times. Time
is stored internally as the number of seconds with fraction since the Epoch, January 1, 1970 00:00 UTC. Also see the library module Date. The Time
class treats GMT (Greenwich Mean Time
) and UTC (Coordinated Universal Time
) as equivalent. GMT is the older way of referring to these baseline times but persists in the names of calls on POSIX systems.
All times may have fraction. Be aware of this fact when comparing times with each other – times that are apparently equal when displayed may be different when compared.
Since Ruby 1.9.2, Time
implementation uses a signed 63 bit integer, Bignum or Rational
. The integer is a number of nanoseconds since the Epoch which can represent 1823-11-12 to 2116-02-20. When Bignum or Rational
is used (before 1823, after 2116, under nanosecond), Time
works slower as when integer is used.
All of these examples were done using the EST timezone which is GMT-5.
Time
instance¶ ↑You can create a new instance of Time
with Time::new
. This will use the current system time. Time::now
is an alias for this. You can also pass parts of the time to Time::new
such as year, month, minute, etc. When you want to construct a time this way you must pass at least a year. If you pass the year with nothing else time will default to January 1 of that year at 00:00:00 with the current system timezone. Here are some examples:
Time.new(2002) #=> 2002-01-01 00:00:00 -0500 Time.new(2002, 10) #=> 2002-10-01 00:00:00 -0500 Time.new(2002, 10, 31) #=> 2002-10-31 00:00:00 -0500 Time.new(2002, 10, 31, 2, 2, 2, "+02:00") #=> 2002-10-31 02:02:02 +0200
You can also use gm, local and utc
to infer GMT, local and UTC timezones instead of using the current system setting.
You can also create a new time using Time::at
which takes the number of seconds (or fraction of seconds) since the Unix Epoch.
Time.at(628232400) #=> 1989-11-28 00:00:00 -0500
Time
¶ ↑Once you have an instance of Time
there is a multitude of things you can do with it. Below are some examples. For all of the following examples, we will work on the assumption that you have done the following:
t = Time.new(1993, 02, 24, 12, 0, 0, "+09:00")
Was that a monday?
t.monday? #=> false
What year was that again?
t.year #=> 1993
Was it daylight savings at the time?
t.dst? #=> false
What's the day a year later?
t + (60*60*24*365) #=> 1994-02-24 12:00:00 +0900
How many seconds was that since the Unix Epoch?
t.to_i #=> 730522800
You can also do standard functions like compare two times.
t1 = Time.new(2010) t2 = Time.new(2011) t1 == t2 #=> false t1 == t1 #=> true t1 < t2 #=> true t1 > t2 #=> false Time.new(2010,10,31).between?(t1, t2) #=> true
Creates a new Time
object with the value given by time
, the given number of seconds_with_frac
, or seconds
and microseconds_with_frac
since the Epoch. seconds_with_frac
and microseconds_with_frac
can be an Integer
, Float
, Rational
, or other Numeric
. non-portable feature allows the offset to be negative on some systems.
If a numeric argument is given, the result is in local time.
Time.at(0) #=> 1969-12-31 18:00:00 -0600 Time.at(Time.at(0)) #=> 1969-12-31 18:00:00 -0600 Time.at(946702800) #=> 1999-12-31 23:00:00 -0600 Time.at(-284061600) #=> 1960-12-31 00:00:00 -0600 Time.at(946684800.2).usec #=> 200000 Time.at(946684800, 123456.789).nsec #=> 123456789 Time.at(946684800, 123456789, :nsec).nsec #=> 123456789
static VALUE time_s_at(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass) { VALUE time, t, unit = Qundef; wideval_t timew; if (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "12", &time, &t, &unit) >= 2) { int scale = argc == 3 ? get_scale(unit) : 1000000; time = num_exact(time); t = num_exact(t); timew = wadd(rb_time_magnify(v2w(time)), wmulquoll(v2w(t), TIME_SCALE, scale)); t = time_new_timew(klass, timew); } else if (IsTimeval(time)) { struct time_object *tobj, *tobj2; GetTimeval(time, tobj); t = time_new_timew(klass, tobj->timew); GetTimeval(t, tobj2); TIME_COPY_GMT(tobj2, tobj); } else { timew = rb_time_magnify(v2w(num_exact(time))); t = time_new_timew(klass, timew); } return t; }
Creates a Time
object based on given values, interpreted as UTC (GMT). The year must be specified. Other values default to the minimum value for that field (and may be nil
or omitted). Months may be specified by numbers from 1 to 12, or by the three-letter English month names. Hours are specified on a 24-hour clock (0..23). Raises an ArgumentError
if any values are out of range. Will also accept ten arguments in the order output by Time#to_a
.
sec_with_frac
and usec_with_frac
can have a fractional part.
Time.utc(2000,"jan",1,20,15,1) #=> 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC Time.gm(2000,"jan",1,20,15,1) #=> 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC
static VALUE time_s_mkutc(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass) { return time_utc_or_local(argc, argv, TRUE, klass); }
Same as Time::gm
, but interprets the values in the local time zone.
Time.local(2000,"jan",1,20,15,1) #=> 2000-01-01 20:15:01 -0600
static VALUE time_s_mktime(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass) { return time_utc_or_local(argc, argv, FALSE, klass); }
Same as Time::gm
, but interprets the values in the local time zone.
Time.local(2000,"jan",1,20,15,1) #=> 2000-01-01 20:15:01 -0600
static VALUE time_s_mktime(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass) { return time_utc_or_local(argc, argv, FALSE, klass); }
Returns a Time
object.
It is initialized to the current system time if no argument is given.
Note: The new object will use the resolution available on your system clock, and may include fractional seconds.
If one or more arguments specified, the time is initialized to the specified time.
sec
may have fraction if it is a rational.
utc_offset
is the offset from UTC. It can be a string such as “+09:00” or a number of seconds such as 32400.
a = Time.new #=> 2007-11-19 07:50:02 -0600 b = Time.new #=> 2007-11-19 07:50:02 -0600 a == b #=> false "%.6f" % a.to_f #=> "1195480202.282373" "%.6f" % b.to_f #=> "1195480202.283415" Time.new(2008,6,21, 13,30,0, "+09:00") #=> 2008-06-21 13:30:00 +0900 # A trip for RubyConf 2007 t1 = Time.new(2007,11,1,15,25,0, "+09:00") # JST (Narita) t2 = Time.new(2007,11,1,12, 5,0, "-05:00") # CDT (Minneapolis) t3 = Time.new(2007,11,1,13,25,0, "-05:00") # CDT (Minneapolis) t4 = Time.new(2007,11,1,16,53,0, "-04:00") # EDT (Charlotte) t5 = Time.new(2007,11,5, 9,24,0, "-05:00") # EST (Charlotte) t6 = Time.new(2007,11,5,11,21,0, "-05:00") # EST (Detroit) t7 = Time.new(2007,11,5,13,45,0, "-05:00") # EST (Detroit) t8 = Time.new(2007,11,6,17,10,0, "+09:00") # JST (Narita) p((t2-t1)/3600.0) #=> 10.666666666666666 p((t4-t3)/3600.0) #=> 2.466666666666667 p((t6-t5)/3600.0) #=> 1.95 p((t8-t7)/3600.0) #=> 13.416666666666666
static VALUE time_init(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE time) { if (argc == 0) return time_init_0(time); else return time_init_1(argc, argv, time); }
Creates a Time
object based on given values, interpreted as UTC (GMT). The year must be specified. Other values default to the minimum value for that field (and may be nil
or omitted). Months may be specified by numbers from 1 to 12, or by the three-letter English month names. Hours are specified on a 24-hour clock (0..23). Raises an ArgumentError
if any values are out of range. Will also accept ten arguments in the order output by Time#to_a
.
sec_with_frac
and usec_with_frac
can have a fractional part.
Time.utc(2000,"jan",1,20,15,1) #=> 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC Time.gm(2000,"jan",1,20,15,1) #=> 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC
static VALUE time_s_mkutc(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass) { return time_utc_or_local(argc, argv, TRUE, klass); }
Addition — Adds some number of seconds (possibly fractional) to time and returns that value as a new Time
object.
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:22:21 -0600 t + (60 * 60 * 24) #=> 2007-11-20 08:22:21 -0600
static VALUE time_plus(VALUE time1, VALUE time2) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time1, tobj); if (IsTimeval(time2)) { rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "time + time?"); } return time_add(tobj, time1, time2, 1); }
Difference — Returns a difference in seconds as a Float
between time and other_time
, or subtracts the given number of seconds in numeric
from time.
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:23:10 -0600 t2 = t + 2592000 #=> 2007-12-19 08:23:10 -0600 t2 - t #=> 2592000.0 t2 - 2592000 #=> 2007-11-19 08:23:10 -0600
static VALUE time_minus(VALUE time1, VALUE time2) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time1, tobj); if (IsTimeval(time2)) { struct time_object *tobj2; GetTimeval(time2, tobj2); return rb_Float(rb_time_unmagnify_to_float(wsub(tobj->timew, tobj2->timew))); } return time_add(tobj, time1, time2, -1); }
Comparison—Compares time
with other_time
.
-1, 0, +1 or nil depending on whether time
is less than, equal to, or greater than other_time
.
nil
is returned if the two values are incomparable.
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:12:12 -0600 t2 = t + 2592000 #=> 2007-12-19 08:12:12 -0600 t <=> t2 #=> -1 t2 <=> t #=> 1 t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:13:38 -0600 t2 = t + 0.1 #=> 2007-11-19 08:13:38 -0600 t.nsec #=> 98222999 t2.nsec #=> 198222999 t <=> t2 #=> -1 t2 <=> t #=> 1 t <=> t #=> 0
static VALUE time_cmp(VALUE time1, VALUE time2) { struct time_object *tobj1, *tobj2; int n; GetTimeval(time1, tobj1); if (IsTimeval(time2)) { GetTimeval(time2, tobj2); n = wcmp(tobj1->timew, tobj2->timew); } else { return rb_invcmp(time1, time2); } if (n == 0) return INT2FIX(0); if (n > 0) return INT2FIX(1); return INT2FIX(-1); }
Returns a canonical string representation of time.
Time.now.asctime #=> "Wed Apr 9 08:56:03 2003" Time.now.ctime #=> "Wed Apr 9 08:56:03 2003"
static VALUE time_asctime(VALUE time) { return strftimev("%a %b %e %T %Y", time, rb_usascii_encoding()); }
Returns a canonical string representation of time.
Time.now.asctime #=> "Wed Apr 9 08:56:03 2003" Time.now.ctime #=> "Wed Apr 9 08:56:03 2003"
static VALUE time_asctime(VALUE time) { return strftimev("%a %b %e %T %Y", time, rb_usascii_encoding()); }
Returns the day of the month (1..n) for time.
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:27:03 -0600 t.day #=> 19 t.mday #=> 19
static VALUE time_mday(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); MAKE_TM(time, tobj); return INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.mday); }
Returns true
if time occurs during Daylight Saving Time
in its time zone.
# CST6CDT: Time.local(2000, 1, 1).zone #=> "CST" Time.local(2000, 1, 1).isdst #=> false Time.local(2000, 1, 1).dst? #=> false Time.local(2000, 7, 1).zone #=> "CDT" Time.local(2000, 7, 1).isdst #=> true Time.local(2000, 7, 1).dst? #=> true # Asia/Tokyo: Time.local(2000, 1, 1).zone #=> "JST" Time.local(2000, 1, 1).isdst #=> false Time.local(2000, 1, 1).dst? #=> false Time.local(2000, 7, 1).zone #=> "JST" Time.local(2000, 7, 1).isdst #=> false Time.local(2000, 7, 1).dst? #=> false
static VALUE time_isdst(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); MAKE_TM(time, tobj); return tobj->vtm.isdst ? Qtrue : Qfalse; }
Returns true
if time and other_time
are both Time
objects with the same seconds and fractional seconds.
static VALUE time_eql(VALUE time1, VALUE time2) { struct time_object *tobj1, *tobj2; GetTimeval(time1, tobj1); if (IsTimeval(time2)) { GetTimeval(time2, tobj2); return rb_equal(w2v(tobj1->timew), w2v(tobj2->timew)); } return Qfalse; }
Returns true
if time represents Friday.
t = Time.local(1987, 12, 18) #=> 1987-12-18 00:00:00 -0600 t.friday? #=> true
static VALUE time_friday(VALUE time) { wday_p(5); }
Returns a new Time
object representing time in UTC.
t = Time.local(2000,1,1,20,15,1) #=> 2000-01-01 20:15:01 -0600 t.gmt? #=> false y = t.getgm #=> 2000-01-02 02:15:01 UTC y.gmt? #=> true t == y #=> true
static VALUE time_getgmtime(VALUE time) { return time_gmtime(time_dup(time)); }
Returns a new Time
object representing time in local time (using the local time zone in effect for this process).
If utc_offset
is given, it is used instead of the local time. utc_offset
can be given as a human-readable string (eg. "+09:00"
) or as a number of seconds (eg. 32400
).
t = Time.utc(2000,1,1,20,15,1) #=> 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC t.utc? #=> true l = t.getlocal #=> 2000-01-01 14:15:01 -0600 l.utc? #=> false t == l #=> true j = t.getlocal("+09:00") #=> 2000-01-02 05:15:01 +0900 j.utc? #=> false t == j #=> true k = t.getlocal(9*60*60) #=> 2000-01-02 05:15:01 +0900 k.utc? #=> false t == k #=> true
static VALUE time_getlocaltime(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE time) { VALUE off; rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &off); if (!NIL_P(off)) { off = utc_offset_arg(off); validate_utc_offset(off); time = time_dup(time); time_set_utc_offset(time, off); return time_fixoff(time); } return time_localtime(time_dup(time)); }
Returns a new Time
object representing time in UTC.
t = Time.local(2000,1,1,20,15,1) #=> 2000-01-01 20:15:01 -0600 t.gmt? #=> false y = t.getgm #=> 2000-01-02 02:15:01 UTC y.gmt? #=> true t == y #=> true
static VALUE time_getgmtime(VALUE time) { return time_gmtime(time_dup(time)); }
Returns true
if time represents a time in UTC (GMT).
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:15:23 -0600 t.utc? #=> false t = Time.gm(2000,"jan",1,20,15,1) #=> 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC t.utc? #=> true t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:16:03 -0600 t.gmt? #=> false t = Time.gm(2000,1,1,20,15,1) #=> 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC t.gmt? #=> true
static VALUE time_utc_p(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); if (TIME_UTC_P(tobj)) return Qtrue; return Qfalse; }
Returns the offset in seconds between the timezone of time and UTC.
t = Time.gm(2000,1,1,20,15,1) #=> 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC t.gmt_offset #=> 0 l = t.getlocal #=> 2000-01-01 14:15:01 -0600 l.gmt_offset #=> -21600
VALUE rb_time_utc_offset(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); if (TIME_UTC_P(tobj)) { return INT2FIX(0); } else { MAKE_TM(time, tobj); return tobj->vtm.utc_offset; } }
Converts time to UTC (GMT), modifying the receiver.
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:18:31 -0600 t.gmt? #=> false t.gmtime #=> 2007-11-19 14:18:31 UTC t.gmt? #=> true t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:18:51 -0600 t.utc? #=> false t.utc #=> 2007-11-19 14:18:51 UTC t.utc? #=> true
static VALUE time_gmtime(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; struct vtm vtm; GetTimeval(time, tobj); if (TIME_UTC_P(tobj)) { if (tobj->tm_got) return time; } else { time_modify(time); } if (!gmtimew(tobj->timew, &vtm)) rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "gmtime error"); tobj->vtm = vtm; tobj->tm_got = 1; TIME_SET_UTC(tobj); return time; }
Returns the offset in seconds between the timezone of time and UTC.
t = Time.gm(2000,1,1,20,15,1) #=> 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC t.gmt_offset #=> 0 l = t.getlocal #=> 2000-01-01 14:15:01 -0600 l.gmt_offset #=> -21600
VALUE rb_time_utc_offset(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); if (TIME_UTC_P(tobj)) { return INT2FIX(0); } else { MAKE_TM(time, tobj); return tobj->vtm.utc_offset; } }
Returns a hash code for this Time
object.
See also Object#hash.
static VALUE time_hash(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); return rb_hash(w2v(tobj->timew)); }
Returns the hour of the day (0..23) for time.
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:26:20 -0600 t.hour #=> 8
static VALUE time_hour(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); MAKE_TM(time, tobj); return INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.hour); }
Returns a string representing time. Equivalent to calling strftime
with the appropriate format string.
t = Time.now t.to_s => "2012-11-10 18:16:12 +0100" t.strftime "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z" => "2012-11-10 18:16:12 +0100" t.utc.to_s => "2012-11-10 17:16:12 UTC" t.strftime "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC" => "2012-11-10 17:16:12 UTC"
static VALUE time_to_s(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); if (TIME_UTC_P(tobj)) return strftimev("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC", time, rb_usascii_encoding()); else return strftimev("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z", time, rb_usascii_encoding()); }
Returns true
if time occurs during Daylight Saving Time
in its time zone.
# CST6CDT: Time.local(2000, 1, 1).zone #=> "CST" Time.local(2000, 1, 1).isdst #=> false Time.local(2000, 1, 1).dst? #=> false Time.local(2000, 7, 1).zone #=> "CDT" Time.local(2000, 7, 1).isdst #=> true Time.local(2000, 7, 1).dst? #=> true # Asia/Tokyo: Time.local(2000, 1, 1).zone #=> "JST" Time.local(2000, 1, 1).isdst #=> false Time.local(2000, 1, 1).dst? #=> false Time.local(2000, 7, 1).zone #=> "JST" Time.local(2000, 7, 1).isdst #=> false Time.local(2000, 7, 1).dst? #=> false
static VALUE time_isdst(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); MAKE_TM(time, tobj); return tobj->vtm.isdst ? Qtrue : Qfalse; }
Converts time to local time (using the local time zone in effect for this process) modifying the receiver.
If utc_offset
is given, it is used instead of the local time.
t = Time.utc(2000, "jan", 1, 20, 15, 1) #=> 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC t.utc? #=> true t.localtime #=> 2000-01-01 14:15:01 -0600 t.utc? #=> false t.localtime("+09:00") #=> 2000-01-02 05:15:01 +0900 t.utc? #=> false
static VALUE time_localtime_m(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE time) { VALUE off; rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &off); if (!NIL_P(off)) { off = utc_offset_arg(off); validate_utc_offset(off); time_set_utc_offset(time, off); return time_fixoff(time); } return time_localtime(time); }
Returns the day of the month (1..n) for time.
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:27:03 -0600 t.day #=> 19 t.mday #=> 19
static VALUE time_mday(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); MAKE_TM(time, tobj); return INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.mday); }
Returns the minute of the hour (0..59) for time.
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:25:51 -0600 t.min #=> 25
static VALUE time_min(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); MAKE_TM(time, tobj); return INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.min); }
Returns the month of the year (1..12) for time.
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:27:30 -0600 t.mon #=> 11 t.month #=> 11
static VALUE time_mon(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); MAKE_TM(time, tobj); return INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.mon); }
Returns true
if time represents Monday.
t = Time.local(2003, 8, 4) #=> 2003-08-04 00:00:00 -0500 p t.monday? #=> true
static VALUE time_monday(VALUE time) { wday_p(1); }
Returns the month of the year (1..12) for time.
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:27:30 -0600 t.mon #=> 11 t.month #=> 11
static VALUE time_mon(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); MAKE_TM(time, tobj); return INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.mon); }
Returns the number of nanoseconds for time.
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-17 15:18:03 +0900 "%10.9f" % t.to_f #=> "1195280283.536151409" t.nsec #=> 536151406
The lowest digits of to_f
and nsec
are different because IEEE 754 double is not accurate enough to represent the exact number of nanoseconds since the Epoch.
The more accurate value is returned by nsec
.
static VALUE time_nsec(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); return rb_to_int(w2v(wmulquoll(wmod(tobj->timew, WINT2WV(TIME_SCALE)), 1000000000, TIME_SCALE))); }
Rounds sub seconds to a given precision in decimal digits (0 digits by default). It returns a new Time
object. ndigits
should be zero or positive integer.
require 'time' t = Time.utc(2010,3,30, 5,43,"25.123456789".to_r) p t.iso8601(10) #=> "2010-03-30T05:43:25.1234567890Z" p t.round.iso8601(10) #=> "2010-03-30T05:43:25.0000000000Z" p t.round(0).iso8601(10) #=> "2010-03-30T05:43:25.0000000000Z" p t.round(1).iso8601(10) #=> "2010-03-30T05:43:25.1000000000Z" p t.round(2).iso8601(10) #=> "2010-03-30T05:43:25.1200000000Z" p t.round(3).iso8601(10) #=> "2010-03-30T05:43:25.1230000000Z" p t.round(4).iso8601(10) #=> "2010-03-30T05:43:25.1235000000Z" p t.round(5).iso8601(10) #=> "2010-03-30T05:43:25.1234600000Z" p t.round(6).iso8601(10) #=> "2010-03-30T05:43:25.1234570000Z" p t.round(7).iso8601(10) #=> "2010-03-30T05:43:25.1234568000Z" p t.round(8).iso8601(10) #=> "2010-03-30T05:43:25.1234567900Z" p t.round(9).iso8601(10) #=> "2010-03-30T05:43:25.1234567890Z" p t.round(10).iso8601(10) #=> "2010-03-30T05:43:25.1234567890Z" t = Time.utc(1999,12,31, 23,59,59) p((t + 0.4).round.iso8601(3)) #=> "1999-12-31T23:59:59.000Z" p((t + 0.49).round.iso8601(3)) #=> "1999-12-31T23:59:59.000Z" p((t + 0.5).round.iso8601(3)) #=> "2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" p((t + 1.4).round.iso8601(3)) #=> "2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" p((t + 1.49).round.iso8601(3)) #=> "2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" p((t + 1.5).round.iso8601(3)) #=> "2000-01-01T00:00:01.000Z" t = Time.utc(1999,12,31, 23,59,59) p (t + 0.123456789).round(4).iso8601(6) #=> "1999-12-31T23:59:59.123500Z"
static VALUE time_round(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE time) { VALUE ndigits, v, a, b, den; long nd; struct time_object *tobj; rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &ndigits); if (NIL_P(ndigits)) ndigits = INT2FIX(0); else ndigits = rb_to_int(ndigits); nd = NUM2LONG(ndigits); if (nd < 0) rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "negative ndigits given"); GetTimeval(time, tobj); v = w2v(rb_time_unmagnify(tobj->timew)); a = INT2FIX(1); b = INT2FIX(10); while (0 < nd) { if (nd & 1) a = mulv(a, b); b = mulv(b, b); nd = nd >> 1; } den = quov(INT2FIX(1), a); v = modv(v, den); if (lt(v, quov(den, INT2FIX(2)))) return time_add(tobj, time, v, -1); else return time_add(tobj, time, subv(den, v), 1); }
Returns true
if time represents Saturday.
t = Time.local(2006, 6, 10) #=> 2006-06-10 00:00:00 -0500 t.saturday? #=> true
static VALUE time_saturday(VALUE time) { wday_p(6); }
Returns the second of the minute (0..60) for time.
Note: Seconds range from zero to 60 to allow the system to inject leap seconds. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second for further details.
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:25:02 -0600 t.sec #=> 2
static VALUE time_sec(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); MAKE_TM(time, tobj); return INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.sec); }
Formats time according to the directives in the given format string.
The directives begin with a percent (%) character. Any text not listed as a directive will be passed through to the output string.
The directive consists of a percent (%) character, zero or more flags, optional minimum field width, optional modifier and a conversion specifier as follows:
%<flags><width><modifier><conversion>
Flags:
- don't pad a numerical output _ use spaces for padding 0 use zeros for padding ^ upcase the result string # change case : use colons for %z
The minimum field width specifies the minimum width.
The modifiers are “E” and “O”. They are ignored.
Format directives:
Date (Year, Month, Day): %Y - Year with century if provided, will pad result at least 4 digits. -0001, 0000, 1995, 2009, 14292, etc. %C - year / 100 (rounded down such as 20 in 2009) %y - year % 100 (00..99) %m - Month of the year, zero-padded (01..12) %_m blank-padded ( 1..12) %-m no-padded (1..12) %B - The full month name (``January'') %^B uppercased (``JANUARY'') %b - The abbreviated month name (``Jan'') %^b uppercased (``JAN'') %h - Equivalent to %b %d - Day of the month, zero-padded (01..31) %-d no-padded (1..31) %e - Day of the month, blank-padded ( 1..31) %j - Day of the year (001..366) Time (Hour, Minute, Second, Subsecond): %H - Hour of the day, 24-hour clock, zero-padded (00..23) %k - Hour of the day, 24-hour clock, blank-padded ( 0..23) %I - Hour of the day, 12-hour clock, zero-padded (01..12) %l - Hour of the day, 12-hour clock, blank-padded ( 1..12) %P - Meridian indicator, lowercase (``am'' or ``pm'') %p - Meridian indicator, uppercase (``AM'' or ``PM'') %M - Minute of the hour (00..59) %S - Second of the minute (00..60) %L - Millisecond of the second (000..999) The digits under millisecond are truncated to not produce 1000. %N - Fractional seconds digits, default is 9 digits (nanosecond) %3N millisecond (3 digits) %6N microsecond (6 digits) %9N nanosecond (9 digits) %12N picosecond (12 digits) %15N femtosecond (15 digits) %18N attosecond (18 digits) %21N zeptosecond (21 digits) %24N yoctosecond (24 digits) The digits under the specified length are truncated to avoid carry up. Time zone: %z - Time zone as hour and minute offset from UTC (e.g. +0900) %:z - hour and minute offset from UTC with a colon (e.g. +09:00) %::z - hour, minute and second offset from UTC (e.g. +09:00:00) %Z - Abbreviated time zone name or similar information. (OS dependent) Weekday: %A - The full weekday name (``Sunday'') %^A uppercased (``SUNDAY'') %a - The abbreviated name (``Sun'') %^a uppercased (``SUN'') %u - Day of the week (Monday is 1, 1..7) %w - Day of the week (Sunday is 0, 0..6) ISO 8601 week-based year and week number: The first week of YYYY starts with a Monday and includes YYYY-01-04. The days in the year before the first week are in the last week of the previous year. %G - The week-based year %g - The last 2 digits of the week-based year (00..99) %V - Week number of the week-based year (01..53) Week number: The first week of YYYY that starts with a Sunday or Monday (according to %U or %W). The days in the year before the first week are in week 0. %U - Week number of the year. The week starts with Sunday. (00..53) %W - Week number of the year. The week starts with Monday. (00..53) Seconds since the Epoch: %s - Number of seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC. Literal string: %n - Newline character (\n) %t - Tab character (\t) %% - Literal ``%'' character Combination: %c - date and time (%a %b %e %T %Y) %D - Date (%m/%d/%y) %F - The ISO 8601 date format (%Y-%m-%d) %v - VMS date (%e-%^b-%4Y) %x - Same as %D %X - Same as %T %r - 12-hour time (%I:%M:%S %p) %R - 24-hour time (%H:%M) %T - 24-hour time (%H:%M:%S)
This method is similar to strftime() function defined in ISO C and POSIX.
While all directives are locale independent since Ruby 1.9, %Z is platform dependent. So, the result may differ even if the same format string is used in other systems such as C.
%z is recommended over %Z. %Z doesn't identify the timezone. For example, “CST” is used at America/Chicago (-06:00), America/Havana (-05:00), Asia/Harbin (+08:00), Australia/Darwin (+09:30) and Australia/Adelaide (+10:30). Also, %Z is highly dependent on the operating system. For example, it may generate a non ASCII string on Japanese Windows. i.e. the result can be different to “JST”. So the numeric time zone offset, %z, is recommended.
Examples:
t = Time.new(2007,11,19,8,37,48,"-06:00") #=> 2007-11-19 08:37:48 -0600 t.strftime("Printed on %m/%d/%Y") #=> "Printed on 11/19/2007" t.strftime("at %I:%M%p") #=> "at 08:37AM"
Various ISO 8601 formats:
%Y%m%d => 20071119 Calendar date (basic) %F => 2007-11-19 Calendar date (extended) %Y-%m => 2007-11 Calendar date, reduced accuracy, specific month %Y => 2007 Calendar date, reduced accuracy, specific year %C => 20 Calendar date, reduced accuracy, specific century %Y%j => 2007323 Ordinal date (basic) %Y-%j => 2007-323 Ordinal date (extended) %GW%V%u => 2007W471 Week date (basic) %G-W%V-%u => 2007-W47-1 Week date (extended) %GW%V => 2007W47 Week date, reduced accuracy, specific week (basic) %G-W%V => 2007-W47 Week date, reduced accuracy, specific week (extended) %H%M%S => 083748 Local time (basic) %T => 08:37:48 Local time (extended) %H%M => 0837 Local time, reduced accuracy, specific minute (basic) %H:%M => 08:37 Local time, reduced accuracy, specific minute (extended) %H => 08 Local time, reduced accuracy, specific hour %H%M%S,%L => 083748,000 Local time with decimal fraction, comma as decimal sign (basic) %T,%L => 08:37:48,000 Local time with decimal fraction, comma as decimal sign (extended) %H%M%S.%L => 083748.000 Local time with decimal fraction, full stop as decimal sign (basic) %T.%L => 08:37:48.000 Local time with decimal fraction, full stop as decimal sign (extended) %H%M%S%z => 083748-0600 Local time and the difference from UTC (basic) %T%:z => 08:37:48-06:00 Local time and the difference from UTC (extended) %Y%m%dT%H%M%S%z => 20071119T083748-0600 Date and time of day for calendar date (basic) %FT%T%:z => 2007-11-19T08:37:48-06:00 Date and time of day for calendar date (extended) %Y%jT%H%M%S%z => 2007323T083748-0600 Date and time of day for ordinal date (basic) %Y-%jT%T%:z => 2007-323T08:37:48-06:00 Date and time of day for ordinal date (extended) %GW%V%uT%H%M%S%z => 2007W471T083748-0600 Date and time of day for week date (basic) %G-W%V-%uT%T%:z => 2007-W47-1T08:37:48-06:00 Date and time of day for week date (extended) %Y%m%dT%H%M => 20071119T0837 Calendar date and local time (basic) %FT%R => 2007-11-19T08:37 Calendar date and local time (extended) %Y%jT%H%MZ => 2007323T0837Z Ordinal date and UTC of day (basic) %Y-%jT%RZ => 2007-323T08:37Z Ordinal date and UTC of day (extended) %GW%V%uT%H%M%z => 2007W471T0837-0600 Week date and local time and difference from UTC (basic) %G-W%V-%uT%R%:z => 2007-W47-1T08:37-06:00 Week date and local time and difference from UTC (extended)
static VALUE time_strftime(VALUE time, VALUE format) { struct time_object *tobj; const char *fmt; long len; rb_encoding *enc; VALUE tmp; GetTimeval(time, tobj); MAKE_TM(time, tobj); StringValue(format); if (!rb_enc_str_asciicompat_p(format)) { rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "format should have ASCII compatible encoding"); } tmp = rb_str_tmp_frozen_acquire(format); fmt = RSTRING_PTR(tmp); len = RSTRING_LEN(tmp); enc = rb_enc_get(format); if (len == 0) { rb_warning("strftime called with empty format string"); return rb_enc_str_new(0, 0, enc); } else { VALUE str = rb_strftime_alloc(fmt, len, enc, &tobj->vtm, tobj->timew, TIME_UTC_P(tobj)); rb_str_tmp_frozen_release(format, tmp); if (!str) rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "invalid format: %"PRIsVALUE, format); return str; } }
Returns the fraction for time.
The return value can be a rational number.
t = Time.now #=> 2009-03-26 22:33:12 +0900 "%10.9f" % t.to_f #=> "1238074392.940563917" t.subsec #=> (94056401/100000000)
The lowest digits of to_f
and subsec
are different because IEEE 754 double is not accurate enough to represent the rational number.
The more accurate value is returned by subsec
.
static VALUE time_subsec(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); return quov(w2v(wmod(tobj->timew, WINT2FIXWV(TIME_SCALE))), INT2FIX(TIME_SCALE)); }
Returns a new Time
object, one second later than time. Time#succ
is obsolete since 1.9.2 for time is not a discrete value.
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:23:57 -0600 t.succ #=> 2007-11-19 08:23:58 -0600
Use instead time + 1
t + 1 #=> 2007-11-19 08:23:58 -0600
VALUE rb_time_succ(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; struct time_object *tobj2; rb_warn("Time#succ is obsolete; use time + 1"); GetTimeval(time, tobj); time = time_new_timew(rb_cTime, wadd(tobj->timew, WINT2FIXWV(TIME_SCALE))); GetTimeval(time, tobj2); TIME_COPY_GMT(tobj2, tobj); return time; }
Returns true
if time represents Sunday.
t = Time.local(1990, 4, 1) #=> 1990-04-01 00:00:00 -0600 t.sunday? #=> true
static VALUE time_sunday(VALUE time) { wday_p(0); }
Returns true
if time represents Thursday.
t = Time.local(1995, 12, 21) #=> 1995-12-21 00:00:00 -0600 p t.thursday? #=> true
static VALUE time_thursday(VALUE time) { wday_p(4); }
Returns a ten-element array of values for time:
[sec, min, hour, day, month, year, wday, yday, isdst, zone]
See the individual methods for an explanation of the valid ranges of each value. The ten elements can be passed directly to Time::utc
or Time::local
to create a new Time
object.
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:36:01 -0600 now = t.to_a #=> [1, 36, 8, 19, 11, 2007, 1, 323, false, "CST"]
static VALUE time_to_a(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); MAKE_TM(time, tobj); return rb_ary_new3(10, INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.sec), INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.min), INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.hour), INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.mday), INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.mon), tobj->vtm.year, INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.wday), INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.yday), tobj->vtm.isdst?Qtrue:Qfalse, time_zone(time)); }
Returns the value of time as a floating point number of seconds since the Epoch.
t = Time.now "%10.5f" % t.to_f #=> "1270968744.77658" t.to_i #=> 1270968744
Note that IEEE 754 double is not accurate enough to represent the number of nanoseconds since the Epoch.
static VALUE time_to_f(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); return rb_Float(rb_time_unmagnify_to_float(tobj->timew)); }
Returns the value of time as an integer number of seconds since the Epoch.
t = Time.now "%10.5f" % t.to_f #=> "1270968656.89607" t.to_i #=> 1270968656
static VALUE time_to_i(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); return w2v(wdiv(tobj->timew, WINT2FIXWV(TIME_SCALE))); }
Returns the value of time as a rational number of seconds since the Epoch.
t = Time.now p t.to_r #=> (1270968792716287611/1000000000)
This methods is intended to be used to get an accurate value representing the nanoseconds since the Epoch. You can use this method to convert time to another Epoch.
static VALUE time_to_r(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; VALUE v; GetTimeval(time, tobj); v = w2v(rb_time_unmagnify(tobj->timew)); if (!RB_TYPE_P(v, T_RATIONAL)) { v = rb_Rational1(v); } return v; }
Returns a string representing time. Equivalent to calling strftime
with the appropriate format string.
t = Time.now t.to_s => "2012-11-10 18:16:12 +0100" t.strftime "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z" => "2012-11-10 18:16:12 +0100" t.utc.to_s => "2012-11-10 17:16:12 UTC" t.strftime "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC" => "2012-11-10 17:16:12 UTC"
static VALUE time_to_s(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); if (TIME_UTC_P(tobj)) return strftimev("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC", time, rb_usascii_encoding()); else return strftimev("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z", time, rb_usascii_encoding()); }
Returns true
if time represents Tuesday.
t = Time.local(1991, 2, 19) #=> 1991-02-19 00:00:00 -0600 p t.tuesday? #=> true
static VALUE time_tuesday(VALUE time) { wday_p(2); }
Returns the number of nanoseconds for time.
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-17 15:18:03 +0900 "%10.9f" % t.to_f #=> "1195280283.536151409" t.nsec #=> 536151406
The lowest digits of to_f
and nsec
are different because IEEE 754 double is not accurate enough to represent the exact number of nanoseconds since the Epoch.
The more accurate value is returned by nsec
.
static VALUE time_nsec(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); return rb_to_int(w2v(wmulquoll(wmod(tobj->timew, WINT2WV(TIME_SCALE)), 1000000000, TIME_SCALE))); }
Returns the value of time as an integer number of seconds since the Epoch.
t = Time.now "%10.5f" % t.to_f #=> "1270968656.89607" t.to_i #=> 1270968656
static VALUE time_to_i(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); return w2v(wdiv(tobj->timew, WINT2FIXWV(TIME_SCALE))); }
Returns the number of microseconds for time.
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:03:26 -0600 "%10.6f" % t.to_f #=> "1195481006.775195" t.usec #=> 775195
static VALUE time_usec(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; wideval_t w, q, r; GetTimeval(time, tobj); w = wmod(tobj->timew, WINT2WV(TIME_SCALE)); wmuldivmod(w, WINT2FIXWV(1000000), WINT2FIXWV(TIME_SCALE), &q, &r); return rb_to_int(w2v(q)); }
Returns the number of microseconds for time.
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:03:26 -0600 "%10.6f" % t.to_f #=> "1195481006.775195" t.usec #=> 775195
static VALUE time_usec(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; wideval_t w, q, r; GetTimeval(time, tobj); w = wmod(tobj->timew, WINT2WV(TIME_SCALE)); wmuldivmod(w, WINT2FIXWV(1000000), WINT2FIXWV(TIME_SCALE), &q, &r); return rb_to_int(w2v(q)); }
Converts time to UTC (GMT), modifying the receiver.
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:18:31 -0600 t.gmt? #=> false t.gmtime #=> 2007-11-19 14:18:31 UTC t.gmt? #=> true t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:18:51 -0600 t.utc? #=> false t.utc #=> 2007-11-19 14:18:51 UTC t.utc? #=> true
static VALUE time_gmtime(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; struct vtm vtm; GetTimeval(time, tobj); if (TIME_UTC_P(tobj)) { if (tobj->tm_got) return time; } else { time_modify(time); } if (!gmtimew(tobj->timew, &vtm)) rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "gmtime error"); tobj->vtm = vtm; tobj->tm_got = 1; TIME_SET_UTC(tobj); return time; }
Returns true
if time represents a time in UTC (GMT).
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:15:23 -0600 t.utc? #=> false t = Time.gm(2000,"jan",1,20,15,1) #=> 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC t.utc? #=> true t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:16:03 -0600 t.gmt? #=> false t = Time.gm(2000,1,1,20,15,1) #=> 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC t.gmt? #=> true
static VALUE time_utc_p(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); if (TIME_UTC_P(tobj)) return Qtrue; return Qfalse; }
Returns the offset in seconds between the timezone of time and UTC.
t = Time.gm(2000,1,1,20,15,1) #=> 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC t.gmt_offset #=> 0 l = t.getlocal #=> 2000-01-01 14:15:01 -0600 l.gmt_offset #=> -21600
VALUE rb_time_utc_offset(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); if (TIME_UTC_P(tobj)) { return INT2FIX(0); } else { MAKE_TM(time, tobj); return tobj->vtm.utc_offset; } }
Returns an integer representing the day of the week, 0..6, with Sunday == 0.
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-20 02:35:35 -0600 t.wday #=> 2 t.sunday? #=> false t.monday? #=> false t.tuesday? #=> true t.wednesday? #=> false t.thursday? #=> false t.friday? #=> false t.saturday? #=> false
static VALUE time_wday(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); MAKE_TM(time, tobj); return INT2FIX((int)tobj->vtm.wday); }
Returns true
if time represents Wednesday.
t = Time.local(1993, 2, 24) #=> 1993-02-24 00:00:00 -0600 p t.wednesday? #=> true
static VALUE time_wednesday(VALUE time) { wday_p(3); }
Returns an integer representing the day of the year, 1..366.
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:32:31 -0600 t.yday #=> 323
static VALUE time_yday(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); MAKE_TM(time, tobj); return INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.yday); }
Returns the year for time (including the century).
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:27:51 -0600 t.year #=> 2007
static VALUE time_year(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); MAKE_TM(time, tobj); return tobj->vtm.year; }
Returns the name of the time zone used for time. As of Ruby 1.8, returns “UTC'' rather than “GMT'' for UTC times.
t = Time.gm(2000, "jan", 1, 20, 15, 1) t.zone #=> "UTC" t = Time.local(2000, "jan", 1, 20, 15, 1) t.zone #=> "CST"
static VALUE time_zone(VALUE time) { struct time_object *tobj; GetTimeval(time, tobj); MAKE_TM(time, tobj); if (TIME_UTC_P(tobj)) { return rb_usascii_str_new_cstr("UTC"); } if (tobj->vtm.zone == NULL) return Qnil; return time_zone_name(tobj->vtm.zone); }