instance method `beginning_of_month`

Ruby on Rails 8.1.2

Since v4.0.13

Available in: 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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beginning_of_month()

Returns a new date/time at the start of the month.

today = Date.today # => Thu, 18 Jun 2015
today.beginning_of_month # => Mon, 01 Jun 2015

DateTime objects will have a time set to 0:00.

now = DateTime.current # => Thu, 18 Jun 2015 15:23:13 +0000
now.beginning_of_month # => Mon, 01 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Source

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_and_time/calculations.rb, line 125
    def beginning_of_month
      first_hour(change(day: 1))
    end

Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_and_time/calculations.rb line 125 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in DateAndTime::Calculations

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