instance method `compare_with_coercion`

Ruby on Rails 2.2.3

Since v2.2.3 Last seen in v2.3.18

Available in: v2.2.3 v2.3.18

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compare_with_coercion(other)

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

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# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb, line 291
        def compare_with_coercion(other)
          # if other is an ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone, coerce a Time instance from it so we can do <=> comparison
          other = other.comparable_time if other.respond_to?(:comparable_time)
          if other.acts_like?(:date)
            # other is a Date/DateTime, so coerce self #to_datetime and hand off to DateTime#<=>
            to_datetime.compare_without_coercion(other)
          else
            compare_without_coercion(other)
          end
        end

Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb line 291 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Time::Calculations

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