Class: Time

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Comparable

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Constructor Details

- (Time) new

Returns a Time object initialized to the current system time. Note: The object created will be created using the resolution available on your system clock, and so may include fractional seconds.

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"

Returns:

Dynamic Method Handling

This class handles dynamic methods through the method_missing method in the class NSObject

Class Method Details

+ (Time) _load(string)

Unmarshal a dumped Time object.

Returns:

+ (Object) alloc

+ (Object) at

+ (Time) utc(year) + (Time) utc(year, month) + (Time) utc(year, month, day) + (Time) utc(year, month, day, hour) + (Time) utc(year, month, day, hour, min) + (Time) utc(year, month, day, hour, min, sec_with_frac) + (Time) utc(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, usec_with_frac) + (Time) utc(sec, min, hour, day, month, year, wday, yday, isdst, tz) + (Time) gm(year) + (Time) gm(year, month) + (Time) gm(year, month, day) + (Time) gm(year, month, day, hour) + (Time) gm(year, month, day, hour, min) + (Time) gm(year, month, day, hour, min, sec_with_frac) + (Time) gm(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, usec_with_frac) + (Time) gm(sec, min, hour, day, month, year, wday, yday, isdst, tz)

Creates a time 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

Overloads:

  • + utc

    Returns:

  • + utc

    Returns:

  • + utc

    Returns:

  • + utc

    Returns:

  • + utc

    Returns:

  • + utc

    Returns:

  • + utc

    Returns:

  • + utc

    Returns:

  • + gm

    Returns:

  • + gm

    Returns:

  • + gm

    Returns:

  • + gm

    Returns:

  • + gm

    Returns:

  • + gm

    Returns:

  • + gm

    Returns:

  • + gm

    Returns:

+ (Time) local(year) + (Time) local(year, month) + (Time) local(year, month, day) + (Time) local(year, month, day, hour) + (Time) local(year, month, day, hour, min) + (Time) local(year, month, day, hour, min, sec_with_frac) + (Time) local(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, usec_with_frac) + (Time) local(sec, min, hour, day, month, year, wday, yday, isdst, tz) + (Time) mktime(year) + (Time) mktime(year, month) + (Time) mktime(year, month, day) + (Time) mktime(year, month, day, hour) + (Time) mktime(year, month, day, hour, min) + (Time) mktime(year, month, day, hour, min, sec_with_frac) + (Time) mktime(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, usec_with_frac) + (Time) mktime(sec, min, hour, day, month, year, wday, yday, isdst, tz)

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

Overloads:

  • + local

    Returns:

  • + local

    Returns:

  • + local

    Returns:

  • + local

    Returns:

  • + local

    Returns:

  • + local

    Returns:

  • + local

    Returns:

  • + local

    Returns:

  • + mktime

    Returns:

  • + mktime

    Returns:

  • + mktime

    Returns:

  • + mktime

    Returns:

  • + mktime

    Returns:

  • + mktime

    Returns:

  • + mktime

    Returns:

  • + mktime

    Returns:

+ (Time) local(year) + (Time) local(year, month) + (Time) local(year, month, day) + (Time) local(year, month, day, hour) + (Time) local(year, month, day, hour, min) + (Time) local(year, month, day, hour, min, sec_with_frac) + (Time) local(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, usec_with_frac) + (Time) local(sec, min, hour, day, month, year, wday, yday, isdst, tz) + (Time) mktime(year) + (Time) mktime(year, month) + (Time) mktime(year, month, day) + (Time) mktime(year, month, day, hour) + (Time) mktime(year, month, day, hour, min) + (Time) mktime(year, month, day, hour, min, sec_with_frac) + (Time) mktime(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, usec_with_frac) + (Time) mktime(sec, min, hour, day, month, year, wday, yday, isdst, tz)

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

Overloads:

  • + local

    Returns:

  • + local

    Returns:

  • + local

    Returns:

  • + local

    Returns:

  • + local

    Returns:

  • + local

    Returns:

  • + local

    Returns:

  • + local

    Returns:

  • + mktime

    Returns:

  • + mktime

    Returns:

  • + mktime

    Returns:

  • + mktime

    Returns:

  • + mktime

    Returns:

  • + mktime

    Returns:

  • + mktime

    Returns:

  • + mktime

    Returns:

+ (Object) new

:nodoc:

+ (Object) now

:nodoc:

+ (Time) utc(year) + (Time) utc(year, month) + (Time) utc(year, month, day) + (Time) utc(year, month, day, hour) + (Time) utc(year, month, day, hour, min) + (Time) utc(year, month, day, hour, min, sec_with_frac) + (Time) utc(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, usec_with_frac) + (Time) utc(sec, min, hour, day, month, year, wday, yday, isdst, tz) + (Time) gm(year) + (Time) gm(year, month) + (Time) gm(year, month, day) + (Time) gm(year, month, day, hour) + (Time) gm(year, month, day, hour, min) + (Time) gm(year, month, day, hour, min, sec_with_frac) + (Time) gm(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, usec_with_frac) + (Time) gm(sec, min, hour, day, month, year, wday, yday, isdst, tz)

Creates a time 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

Overloads:

  • + utc

    Returns:

  • + utc

    Returns:

  • + utc

    Returns:

  • + utc

    Returns:

  • + utc

    Returns:

  • + utc

    Returns:

  • + utc

    Returns:

  • + utc

    Returns:

  • + gm

    Returns:

  • + gm

    Returns:

  • + gm

    Returns:

  • + gm

    Returns:

  • + gm

    Returns:

  • + gm

    Returns:

  • + gm

    Returns:

  • + gm

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Instance Method Details

- (Time) +(numeric)

Addition---Adds some number of seconds (possibly fractional) to time and returns that value as a new time.

t = Time.now         #=> 2007-11-19 08:22:21 -0600
t + (60 * 60 * 24)   #=> 2007-11-20 08:22:21 -0600

Returns:

- (Float) -(other_time) - (Time) -(numeric)

Difference---Returns a new time that represents the difference between two times, 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

Overloads:

- (-1, ...) <=>(other_time)

Comparison---Compares time with other_time.

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

Returns:

  • (-1, 0, +1)

- (String) _dump

Dump time for marshaling.

Returns:

- (String) asctime - (String) ctime

Returns a canonical string representation of time.

Time.now.asctime   #=> "Wed Apr  9 08:56:03 2003"

Overloads:

- (String) asctime - (String) ctime

Returns a canonical string representation of time.

Time.now.asctime   #=> "Wed Apr  9 08:56:03 2003"

Overloads:

- (Fixnum) day - (Fixnum) mday

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

Overloads:

- (Boolean) isdst - (Boolean) dst?

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

Overloads:

  • - isdst

    Returns:

    • (Boolean)
  • - dst?

    Returns:

    • (Boolean)

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

- (Object) dup

Produces a shallow copy of obj---the instance variables of obj are copied, but not the objects they reference. dup copies the tainted state of obj. See also the discussion under Object#clone. In general, clone and dup may have different semantics in descendant classes. While clone is used to duplicate an object, including its internal state, dup typically uses the class of the descendant object to create the new instance.

This method may have class-specific behavior. If so, that behavior will be documented under the #initialize_copy method of the class.

Returns:

- (Boolean) eql?(other_time)

Return true if time and other_time are both Time objects with the same seconds and fractional seconds.

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

- (Boolean) friday?

Returns true if time represents Friday.

t = Time.local(1987, 12, 18)     #=> 1987-12-18 00:00:00 -0600
t.friday?                        #=> true

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

- (Time) getgm - (Time) getutc

Returns a new 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

Overloads:

  • - getgm

    Returns:

  • - getutc

    Returns:

- (Time) getlocal

Returns a new new_time object representing time in local time (using the local time zone in effect for this process).

t = Time.gm(2000,1,1,20,15,1)   #=> 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC
t.gmt?                          #=> true
l = t.getlocal                  #=> 2000-01-01 14:15:01 -0600
l.gmt?                          #=> false
t == l                          #=> true

Returns:

- (Time) getgm - (Time) getutc

Returns a new 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

Overloads:

  • - getgm

    Returns:

  • - getutc

    Returns:

- (Boolean) utc? - (Boolean) gmt?

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

Overloads:

  • - utc?

    Returns:

    • (Boolean)
  • - gmt?

    Returns:

    • (Boolean)

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

- (Fixnum) gmt_offset - (Fixnum) gmtoff - (Fixnum) utc_offset

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

Overloads:

  • - gmt_offset

    Returns:

  • - gmtoff

    Returns:

  • - utc_offset

    Returns:

- (Time) gmtime - (Time) utc

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

Overloads:

  • - gmtime

    Returns:

  • - utc

    Returns:

- (Fixnum) gmt_offset - (Fixnum) gmtoff - (Fixnum) utc_offset

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

Overloads:

  • - gmt_offset

    Returns:

  • - gmtoff

    Returns:

  • - utc_offset

    Returns:

- (Fixnum) hash

Return a hash code for this time object.

Returns:

- (Fixnum) hour

Returns the hour of the day (0..23) for time.

t = Time.now   #=> 2007-11-19 08:26:20 -0600
t.hour         #=> 8

Returns:

- (Object) initialize_copy

:nodoc:

- (String) inspect - (String) to_s

Returns a string representing time. Equivalent to calling Time#strftime with a format string of "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z" for a local time and "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC" for a UTC time.

Time.now.to_s       #=> "2007-10-05 16:09:51 +0900"
Time.now.utc.to_s   #=> "2007-10-05 07:09:51 UTC"

Overloads:

- (Boolean) isdst - (Boolean) dst?

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

Overloads:

  • - isdst

    Returns:

    • (Boolean)
  • - dst?

    Returns:

    • (Boolean)

- (Time) localtime

Converts time to local time (using the local time zone in effect for this process) modifying the receiver.

t = Time.gm(2000, "jan", 1, 20, 15, 1)  #=> 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC
t.gmt?                                  #=> true
t.localtime                             #=> 2000-01-01 14:15:01 -0600
t.gmt?                                  #=> false

Returns:

- (Object) marshal_dump

undocumented

- (Object) marshal_load

undocumented

- (Fixnum) day - (Fixnum) mday

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

Overloads:

- (Fixnum) min

Returns the minute of the hour (0..59) for time.

t = Time.now   #=> 2007-11-19 08:25:51 -0600
t.min          #=> 25

Returns:

- (Fixnum) mon - (Fixnum) month

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

Overloads:

- (Boolean) monday?

Returns true if time represents Monday.

t = Time.local(2003, 8, 4)       #=> 2003-08-04 00:00:00 -0500
p t.monday?                      #=> true

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

- (Fixnum) mon - (Fixnum) month

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

Overloads:

- (Integer) nsec - (Integer) tv_nsec

Returns just 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 digit of to_f and nsec is different because IEEE 754 double is not accurate enough to represent nanoseconds from the Epoch. The accurate value is returned by nsec.

Overloads:

- (Boolean) saturday?

Returns true if time represents Saturday.

t = Time.local(2006, 6, 10)      #=> 2006-06-10 00:00:00 -0500
t.saturday?                      #=> true

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

- (Fixnum) sec

Returns the second of the minute (0..60)[Yes, seconds really can range from zero to 60. This allows the system to inject leap seconds every now and then to correct for the fact that years are not really a convenient number of hours long.] for time.

t = Time.now   #=> 2007-11-19 08:25:02 -0600
t.sec          #=> 2

Returns:

- (String) strftime(string)

Formats time according to the directives in the given format string. Any text not listed as a directive will be passed through to the output string.

Format meaning:

a - The abbreviated weekday name (``Sun'')
A - The  full  weekday  name (``Sunday'')
b - The abbreviated month name (``Jan'')
B - The  full  month  name (``January'')
c - The preferred local date and time representation
d - Day of the month (01..31)
H - Hour of the day, 24-hour clock (00..23)
I - Hour of the day, 12-hour clock (01..12)
j - Day of the year (001..366)
m - Month of the year (01..12)
M - Minute of the hour (00..59)
p - Meridian indicator (``AM''  or  ``PM'')
S - Second of the minute (00..60)
U - Week  number  of the current year,
        starting with the first Sunday as the first
        day of the first week (00..53)
%W - Week  number  of the current year,
        starting with the first Monday as the first
        day of the first week (00..53)
%w - Day of the week (Sunday is 0, 0..6)
%x - Preferred representation for the date alone, no time
X - Preferred representation for the time alone, no date
y - Year without a century (00..99)
Y - Year with century
Z - Time zone name
%% - Literal ``%'' character

 t = Time.now                        #=> 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"

Returns:

- (Time) succ

Return a new time object, one second later than time.

t = Time.now       #=> 2007-11-19 08:23:57 -0600
t.succ             #=> 2007-11-19 08:23:58 -0600

Returns:

- (Boolean) sunday?

Returns true if time represents Sunday.

t = Time.local(1990, 4, 1)       #=> 1990-04-01 00:00:00 -0600
t.sunday?                        #=> true

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

- (Boolean) thursday?

Returns true if time represents Thursday.

t = Time.local(1995, 12, 21)     #=> 1995-12-21 00:00:00 -0600
p t.thursday?                    #=> true

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

- (Array) to_a

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.

t = Time.now     #=> 2007-11-19 08:36:01 -0600
now = t.to_a     #=> [1, 36, 8, 19, 11, 2007, 1, 323, false, "CST"]

Returns:

- (Object) to_f

- (Integer) to_i - (Integer) tv_sec

Returns the value of time as an integer number of seconds since the Epoch.

t = Time.now
"%10.5f" % t.to_f   #=> "1049896564.17839"
t.to_i              #=> 1049896564

Overloads:

- (String) inspect - (String) to_s

Returns a string representing time. Equivalent to calling Time#strftime with a format string of "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z" for a local time and "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC" for a UTC time.

Time.now.to_s       #=> "2007-10-05 16:09:51 +0900"
Time.now.utc.to_s   #=> "2007-10-05 07:09:51 UTC"

Overloads:

- (Boolean) tuesday?

Returns true if time represents Tuesday.

t = Time.local(1991, 2, 19)      #=> 1991-02-19 00:00:00 -0600
p t.tuesday?                     #=> true

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

- (Integer) nsec - (Integer) tv_nsec

Returns just 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 digit of to_f and nsec is different because IEEE 754 double is not accurate enough to represent nanoseconds from the Epoch. The accurate value is returned by nsec.

Overloads:

- (Integer) to_i - (Integer) tv_sec

Returns the value of time as an integer number of seconds since the Epoch.

t = Time.now
"%10.5f" % t.to_f   #=> "1049896564.17839"
t.to_i              #=> 1049896564

Overloads:

- (Integer) usec - (Integer) tv_usec

Returns just 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

Overloads:

- (Integer) usec - (Integer) tv_usec

Returns just 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

Overloads:

- (Time) gmtime - (Time) utc

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

Overloads:

  • - gmtime

    Returns:

  • - utc

    Returns:

- (Boolean) utc? - (Boolean) gmt?

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

Overloads:

  • - utc?

    Returns:

    • (Boolean)
  • - gmt?

    Returns:

    • (Boolean)

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

- (Fixnum) gmt_offset - (Fixnum) gmtoff - (Fixnum) utc_offset

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

Overloads:

  • - gmt_offset

    Returns:

  • - gmtoff

    Returns:

  • - utc_offset

    Returns:

- (Fixnum) wday

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

Returns:

- (Boolean) wednesday?

Returns true if time represents Wednesday.

t = Time.local(1993, 2, 24)      #=> 1993-02-24 00:00:00 -0600
p t.wednesday?                   #=> true

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

- (Fixnum) yday

Returns an integer representing the day of the year, 1..366.

t = Time.now   #=> 2007-11-19 08:32:31 -0600
t.yday         #=> 323

Returns:

- (Fixnum) year

Returns the year for time (including the century).

t = Time.now   #=> 2007-11-19 08:27:51 -0600
t.year         #=> 2007

Returns:

- (String) zone

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"

Returns: