instance method `advance`

Ruby on Rails 2.3.18

Since v2.2.3 Last seen in v2.3.18

Available in: v2.2.3 v2.3.18

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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.

Parameters

options req

Source

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb, line 63
        def advance(options)
          d = to_date.advance(options)
          datetime_advanced_by_date = change(:year => d.year, :month => d.month, :day => d.day)
          seconds_to_advance = (options[:seconds] || 0) + (options[:minutes] || 0) * 60 + (options[:hours] || 0) * 3600
          seconds_to_advance == 0 ? datetime_advanced_by_date : datetime_advanced_by_date.since(seconds_to_advance)
        end

Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb line 63 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::DateTime::Calculations

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