instance method `to_time`

Ruby on Rails 4.1.16

Since v3.0.20

Available in: v3.0.20 v3.1.12 v3.2.22.5 v4.0.13 v4.1.16 v4.2.9 v5.2.8.1 v6.0.6 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3 v8.0.4 v8.1.2

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to_time(form = :local)

Converts a string to a Time value. The form can be either :utc or :local (default :local).

The time is parsed using Time.parse method. If form is :local, then the time is in the system timezone. If the date part is missing then the current date is used and if the time part is missing then it is assumed to be 00:00:00.

"13-12-2012".to_time               # => 2012-12-13 00:00:00 +0100
"06:12".to_time                    # => 2012-12-13 06:12:00 +0100
"2012-12-13 06:12".to_time         # => 2012-12-13 06:12:00 +0100
"2012-12-13T06:12".to_time         # => 2012-12-13 06:12:00 +0100
"2012-12-13T06:12".to_time(:utc)   # => 2012-12-13 05:12:00 UTC
"12/13/2012".to_time               # => ArgumentError: argument out of range

Parameters

form opt = :local

Source

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/conversions.rb, line 19
  def to_time(form = :local)
    parts = Date._parse(self, false)
    return if parts.empty?

    now = Time.now
    time = Time.new(
      parts.fetch(:year, now.year),
      parts.fetch(:mon, now.month),
      parts.fetch(:mday, now.day),
      parts.fetch(:hour, 0),
      parts.fetch(:min, 0),
      parts.fetch(:sec, 0) + parts.fetch(:sec_fraction, 0),
      parts.fetch(:offset, form == :utc ? 0 : nil)
    )

    form == :utc ? time.utc : time.getlocal
  end

Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/conversions.rb line 19 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in String

Signature

Parameters