# class Time

A `Time` object represents a date and time:

    Time.new(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0) # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 -0600

Although its value can be expressed as a single numeric (see Epoch Seconds below), it can be convenient to deal with the value by parts:

    t = Time.new(-2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0.0)
    # => -2000-01-01 00:00:00 -0600
    t.year # => -2000
    t.month # => 1
    t.mday # => 1
    t.hour # => 0
    t.min # => 0
    t.sec # => 0
    t.subsec # => 0

    t = Time.new(2000, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59.5)
    # => 2000-12-31 23:59:59.5 -0600
    t.year # => 2000
    t.month # => 12
    t.mday # => 31
    t.hour # => 23
    t.min # => 59
    t.sec # => 59
    t.subsec # => (1/2)

## Epoch Seconds¶ ↑

Epoch seconds is the exact number of seconds (including fractional subseconds) since the Unix Epoch, January 1, 1970.

You can retrieve that value exactly using method `Time.to_r`:

    Time.at(0).to_r        # => (0/1)
    Time.at(0.999999).to_r # => (9007190247541737/9007199254740992)

Other retrieval methods such as `Time#to_i` and `Time#to_f` may return a value that rounds or truncates subseconds.

## Time Resolution¶ ↑

A `Time` object derived from the system clock (for example, by method `Time.now`) has the resolution supported by the system.

## Time Internal Representation¶ ↑

`Time` implementation uses a signed 63 bit integer, `Integer`, or `Rational`. It is a number of nanoseconds since the Epoch. The signed 63 bit integer can represent 1823-11-12 to 2116-02-20. When `Integer` or `Rational` is used (before 1823, after 2116, under nanosecond), `Time` works slower than when the signed 63 bit integer is used.

Ruby uses the C function `localtime` and `gmtime` to map between the number and 6-tuple (year,month,day,hour,minute,second). `localtime` is used for local time and “gmtime” is used for UTC.

`Integer` and `Rational` has no range limit, but the localtime and gmtime has range limits due to the C types `time_t` and `struct tm`. If that limit is exceeded, Ruby extrapolates the localtime function.

The `Time` class always uses the Gregorian calendar. I.e. the proleptic Gregorian calendar is used. Other calendars, such as Julian calendar, are not supported.

`time_t` can represent 1901-12-14 to 2038-01-19 if it is 32 bit signed integer, -292277022657-01-27 to 292277026596-12-05 if it is 64 bit signed integer. However `localtime` on some platforms doesn’t supports negative `time_t` (before 1970).

`struct tm` has tm_year member to represent years. (`tm_year = 0` means the year 1900.) It is defined as `int` in the C standard. tm_year can represent between -2147481748 to 2147485547 if `int` is 32 bit.

Ruby supports leap seconds as far as if the C function `localtime` and `gmtime` supports it. They use the tz database in most Unix systems. The tz database has timezones which supports leap seconds. For example, “Asia/Tokyo” doesn’t support leap seconds but “right/Asia/Tokyo” supports leap seconds. So, Ruby supports leap seconds if the TZ environment variable is set to “right/Asia/Tokyo” in most Unix systems.

## Examples¶ ↑

All of these examples were done using the EST timezone which is GMT-5.

### Creating a New `Time` Instance¶ ↑

You can create a new instance of `Time` with `Time.new`. This will use the current system time. `Time.now` is an alias for this. You can also pass parts of the time to `Time.new` such as year, month, minute, etc. When you want to construct a time this way you must pass at least a year. If you pass the year with nothing else time will default to January 1 of that year at 00:00:00 with the current system timezone. Here are some examples:

    Time.new(2002)         #=> 2002-01-01 00:00:00 -0500
    Time.new(2002, 10)     #=> 2002-10-01 00:00:00 -0500
    Time.new(2002, 10, 31) #=> 2002-10-31 00:00:00 -0500

You can pass a UTC offset:

    Time.new(2002, 10, 31, 2, 2, 2, "+02:00") #=> 2002-10-31 02:02:02 +0200

Or a timezone object:

    zone = timezone("Europe/Athens")      # Eastern European Time, UTC+2
    Time.new(2002, 10, 31, 2, 2, 2, zone) #=> 2002-10-31 02:02:02 +0200

You can also use `Time.local` and `Time.utc` to infer local and UTC timezones instead of using the current system setting.

You can also create a new time using `Time.at` which takes the number of seconds (with subsecond) since the Unix Epoch.

    Time.at(628232400) #=> 1989-11-28 00:00:00 -0500

### Working with an Instance of `Time`¶ ↑

Once you have an instance of `Time` there is a multitude of things you can do with it. Below are some examples. For all of the following examples, we will work on the assumption that you have done the following:

    t = Time.new(1993, 02, 24, 12, 0, 0, "+09:00")

Was that a monday?

    t.monday? #=> false

What year was that again?

    t.year #=> 1993

Was it daylight savings at the time?

    t.dst? #=> false

What’s the day a year later?

    t + (60*60*24*365) #=> 1994-02-24 12:00:00 +0900

How many seconds was that since the Unix Epoch?

    t.to_i #=> 730522800

You can also do standard functions like compare two times.

    t1 = Time.new(2010)
    t2 = Time.new(2011)

    t1 == t2 #=> false
    t1 == t1 #=> true
    t1 <  t2 #=> true
    t1 >  t2 #=> false

    Time.new(2010,10,31).between?(t1, t2) #=> true

## What’s Here¶ ↑

First, what’s elsewhere. Class `Time`:

- Inherits from class Object.

- Includes module Comparable.

Here, class `Time` provides methods that are useful for:

- Creating Time objects.

- Fetching Time values.

- Querying a Time object.

- Comparing Time objects.

- Converting a Time object.

- Rounding a Time.

### Methods for Creating¶ ↑

- `::new`: Returns a new time from specified arguments (year, month, etc.), including an optional timezone value.

- `::local` (aliased as `::mktime`): Same as `::new`, except the timezone is the local timezone.

- `::utc` (aliased as `::gm`): Same as `::new`, except the timezone is UTC.

- `::at`: Returns a new time based on seconds since epoch.

- `::now`: Returns a new time based on the current system time.

- `+` (plus): Returns a new time increased by the given number of seconds.

- `-` (minus): Returns a new time decreased by the given number of seconds.

### Methods for Fetching¶ ↑

- `year`: Returns the year of the time.

- `month` (aliased as `mon`): Returns the month of the time.

- `mday` (aliased as `day`): Returns the day of the month.

- `hour`: Returns the hours value for the time.

- `min`: Returns the minutes value for the time.

- `sec`: Returns the seconds value for the time.

- `usec` (aliased as `tv_usec`): Returns the number of microseconds in the subseconds value of the time.

- `nsec` (aliased as `tv_nsec`: Returns the number of nanoseconds in the subsecond part of the time.

- `subsec`: Returns the subseconds value for the time.

- `wday`: Returns the integer weekday value of the time (0 == Sunday).

- `yday`: Returns the integer yearday value of the time (1 == January 1).

- `hash`: Returns the integer hash value for the time.

- `utc_offset` (aliased as `gmt_offset` and `gmtoff`): Returns the offset in seconds between time and UTC.

- `to_f`: Returns the float number of seconds since epoch for the time.

- `to_i` (aliased as `tv_sec`): Returns the integer number of seconds since epoch for the time.

- `to_r`: Returns the `Rational` number of seconds since epoch for the time.

- `zone`: Returns a string representation of the timezone of the time.

### Methods for Querying¶ ↑

- `utc?` (aliased as `gmt?`): Returns whether the time is UTC.

- `dst?` (aliased as `isdst`): Returns whether the time is DST (daylight saving time).

- `sunday?`: Returns whether the time is a Sunday.

- `monday?`: Returns whether the time is a Monday.

- `tuesday?`: Returns whether the time is a Tuesday.

- `wednesday?`: Returns whether the time is a Wednesday.

- `thursday?`: Returns whether the time is a Thursday.

- `friday?`: Returns whether time is a Friday.

- `saturday?`: Returns whether the time is a Saturday.

### Methods for Comparing¶ ↑

- `<=>`: Compares `self` to another time.

- `eql?`: Returns whether the time is equal to another time.

### Methods for Converting¶ ↑

- `asctime` (aliased as `ctime`): Returns the time as a string.

- `inspect`: Returns the time in detail as a string.

- `strftime`: Returns the time as a string, according to a given format.

- `to_a`: Returns a 10-element array of values from the time.

- `to_s`: Returns a string representation of the time.

- `getutc` (aliased as `getgm`): Returns a new time converted to UTC.

- `getlocal`: Returns a new time converted to local time.

- `utc` (aliased as `gmtime`): Converts time to UTC in place.

- `localtime`: Converts time to local time in place.

- `deconstruct_keys`: Returns a hash of time components used in pattern-matching.

### Methods for Rounding¶ ↑

- `round`:Returns a new time with subseconds rounded.

- `ceil`: Returns a new time with subseconds raised to a ceiling.

- `floor`: Returns a new time with subseconds lowered to a floor.

For the forms of argument `zone`, see Timezone Specifiers.

## Timezone Specifiers¶ ↑

Certain `Time` methods accept arguments that specify timezones:

- `Time.at`: keyword argument `in:`.

- `Time.new`: positional argument `zone` or keyword argument `in:`.

- `Time.now`: keyword argument `in:`.

- `Time#getlocal`: positional argument `zone`.

- `Time#localtime`: positional argument `zone`.

The value given with any of these must be one of the following (each detailed below):

- Hours/minutes offset.

- Single-letter offset.

- Integer offset.

- Timezone object.

- Timezone name.

### Hours/Minutes Offsets¶ ↑

The zone value may be a string offset from UTC in the form `'+HH:MM'` or `'-HH:MM'`, where:

- `HH` is the 2-digit hour in the range `0..23`.

- `MM` is the 2-digit minute in the range `0..59`.

Examples:

    t = Time.utc(2000, 1, 1, 20, 15, 1) # => 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC
    Time.at(t, in: '-23:59')            # => 1999-12-31 20:16:01 -2359
    Time.at(t, in: '+23:59')            # => 2000-01-02 20:14:01 +2359

### Single-Letter Offsets¶ ↑

The zone value may be a letter in the range `'A'..'I'` or `'K'..'Z'`; see List of military time zones:

    t = Time.utc(2000, 1, 1, 20, 15, 1) # => 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC
    Time.at(t, in: 'A')                 # => 2000-01-01 21:15:01 +0100
    Time.at(t, in: 'I')                 # => 2000-01-02 05:15:01 +0900
    Time.at(t, in: 'K')                 # => 2000-01-02 06:15:01 +1000
    Time.at(t, in: 'Y')                 # => 2000-01-01 08:15:01 -1200
    Time.at(t, in: 'Z')                 # => 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC

### Integer Offsets¶ ↑

The zone value may be an integer number of seconds in the range `-86399..86399`:

    t = Time.utc(2000, 1, 1, 20, 15, 1) # => 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC
    Time.at(t, in: -86399)              # => 1999-12-31 20:15:02 -235959
    Time.at(t, in: 86399)               # => 2000-01-02 20:15:00 +235959

### Timezone Objects¶ ↑

The zone value may be an object responding to certain timezone methods, an instance of Timezone and TZInfo for example.

The timezone methods are:

- `local_to_utc`:

  Called when `Time.new` is invoked with `tz` as the value of positional argument `zone` or keyword argument `in:`.

  Argument

    a Time-like object.

  Returns

    a Time-like object in the UTC timezone.

- `utc_to_local`:

  Called when `Time.at` or `Time.now` is invoked with `tz` as the value for keyword argument `in:`, and when `Time#getlocal` or `Time#localtime` is called with `tz` as the value for positional argument `zone`.

  The UTC offset will be calculated as the difference between the original time and the returned object as an `Integer`. If the object is in fixed offset, its `utc_offset` is also counted.

  Argument

    a Time-like object.

  Returns

    a Time-like object in the local timezone.

A custom timezone class may have these instance methods, which will be called if defined:

- `abbr`:

  Called when `Time#strftime` is invoked with a format involving `%Z`.

  Argument

    a Time-like object.

  Returns

    a string abbreviation for the timezone name.

- `dst?`:

  Called when `Time.at` or `Time.now` is invoked with `tz` as the value for keyword argument `in:`, and when `Time#getlocal` or `Time#localtime` is called with `tz` as the value for positional argument `zone`.

  Argument

    a Time-like object.

  Returns

    whether the time is daylight saving time.

- `name`:

  Called when `Marshal.dump(t)` is invoked

  Argument

    none.

  Returns

    the string name of the timezone.

#### `Time`-Like Objects¶ ↑

A `Time`-like object is a container object capable of interfacing with timezone libraries for timezone conversion.

The argument to the timezone conversion methods above will have attributes similar to `Time`, except that timezone related attributes are meaningless.

The objects returned by `local_to_utc` and `utc_to_local` methods of the timezone object may be of the same class as their arguments, of arbitrary object classes, or of class `Integer`.

For a returned class other than `Integer`, the class must have the following methods:

- `year`

- `mon`

- `mday`

- `hour`

- `min`

- `sec`

- `isdst`

- `to_i`

For a returned `Integer`, its components, decomposed in UTC, are interpreted as times in the specified timezone.

### Timezone Names¶ ↑

If the class (the receiver of class methods, or the class of the receiver of instance methods) has `find_timezone` singleton method, this method is called to achieve the corresponding timezone object from a timezone name.

For example, using Timezone:

    class TimeWithTimezone < Time
      require 'timezone'
      def self.find_timezone(z) = Timezone[z]
    end

    TimeWithTimezone.now(in: "America/New_York")        #=> 2023-12-25 00:00:00 -0500
    TimeWithTimezone.new("2023-12-25 America/New_York") #=> 2023-12-25 00:00:00 -0500

Or, using TZInfo:

    class TimeWithTZInfo < Time
      require 'tzinfo'
      def self.find_timezone(z) = TZInfo::Timezone.get(z)
    end

    TimeWithTZInfo.now(in: "America/New_York")          #=> 2023-12-25 00:00:00 -0500
    TimeWithTZInfo.new("2023-12-25 America/New_York")   #=> 2023-12-25 00:00:00 -0500

You can define this method per subclasses, or on the toplevel `Time` class.

### Public Class Methods

at (time, subsec = false, unit = :microsecond, in: nil)
Source

    # File timev.rb, line 323
    def self.at(time, subsec = false, unit = :microsecond, in: nil)
      if Primitive.mandatory_only?
        Primitive.time_s_at1(time)
      else
        Primitive.time_s_at(time, subsec, unit, Primitive.arg!(:in))
      end
    end

Returns a new `Time` object based on the given arguments.

Required argument `time` may be either of:

- A `Time` object, whose value is the basis for the returned time; also influenced by optional keyword argument `in:` (see below).

- A numeric number of Epoch seconds for the returned time.

Examples:

    t = Time.new(2000, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59) # => 2000-12-31 23:59:59 -0600
    secs = t.to_i                          # => 978328799
    Time.at(secs)                          # => 2000-12-31 23:59:59 -0600
    Time.at(secs + 0.5)                    # => 2000-12-31 23:59:59.5 -0600
    Time.at(1000000000)                    # => 2001-09-08 20:46:40 -0500
    Time.at(0)                             # => 1969-12-31 18:00:00 -0600
    Time.at(-1000000000)                   # => 1938-04-24 17:13:20 -0500

Optional numeric argument `subsec` and optional symbol argument `units` work together to specify subseconds for the returned time; argument `units` specifies the units for `subsec`:

- `:millisecond`: `subsec` in milliseconds:

      Time.at(secs, 0, :millisecond)     # => 2000-12-31 23:59:59 -0600
      Time.at(secs, 500, :millisecond)   # => 2000-12-31 23:59:59.5 -0600
      Time.at(secs, 1000, :millisecond)  # => 2001-01-01 00:00:00 -0600
      Time.at(secs, -1000, :millisecond) # => 2000-12-31 23:59:58 -0600

- `:microsecond` or `:usec`: `subsec` in microseconds:

      Time.at(secs, 0, :microsecond)        # => 2000-12-31 23:59:59 -0600
      Time.at(secs, 500000, :microsecond)   # => 2000-12-31 23:59:59.5 -0600
      Time.at(secs, 1000000, :microsecond)  # => 2001-01-01 00:00:00 -0600
      Time.at(secs, -1000000, :microsecond) # => 2000-12-31 23:59:58 -0600

- `:nanosecond` or `:nsec`: `subsec` in nanoseconds:

      Time.at(secs, 0, :nanosecond)           # => 2000-12-31 23:59:59 -0600
      Time.at(secs, 500000000, :nanosecond)   # => 2000-12-31 23:59:59.5 -0600
      Time.at(secs, 1000000000, :nanosecond)  # => 2001-01-01 00:00:00 -0600
      Time.at(secs, -1000000000, :nanosecond) # => 2000-12-31 23:59:58 -0600

Optional keyword argument `in: zone` specifies the timezone for the returned time:

    Time.at(secs, in: '+12:00') # => 2001-01-01 17:59:59 +1200
    Time.at(secs, in: '-12:00') # => 2000-12-31 17:59:59 -1200

For the forms of argument `zone`, see Timezone Specifiers.

gm
Alias for: utc
httpdate (date)
Source

    # File lib/time.rb, line 569
    def httpdate(date)
      if date.match?(/\A\s*
          (?:Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat|Sun),\x20
          (\d{2})\x20
          (Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)\x20
          (\d{4})\x20
          (\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})\x20
          GMT
          \s*\z/ix)
        self.rfc2822(date).utc
      elsif /\A\s*
             (?:Monday|Tuesday|Wednesday|Thursday|Friday|Saturday|Sunday),\x20
             (\d\d)-(Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)-(\d\d)\x20
             (\d\d):(\d\d):(\d\d)\x20
             GMT
             \s*\z/ix =~ date
        year = $3.to_i
        if year < 50
          year += 2000
        else
          year += 1900
        end
        self.utc(year, $2, $1.to_i, $4.to_i, $5.to_i, $6.to_i)
      elsif /\A\s*
             (?:Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat|Sun)\x20
             (Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)\x20
             (\d\d|\x20\d)\x20
             (\d\d):(\d\d):(\d\d)\x20
             (\d{4})
             \s*\z/ix =~ date
        self.utc($6.to_i, MonthValue[$1.upcase], $2.to_i,
                 $3.to_i, $4.to_i, $5.to_i)
      else
        raise ArgumentError.new("not RFC 2616 compliant date: #{date.inspect}")
      end
    end

Parses `date` as an HTTP-date defined by RFC 2616 and converts it to a `Time` object.

`ArgumentError` is raised if `date` is not compliant with RFC 2616 or if the `Time` class cannot represent specified date.

See `httpdate` for more information on this format.

    require 'time'

    Time.httpdate("Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:26:12 GMT")
    #=> 2011-10-06 02:26:12 UTC

You must require ‘time’ to use this method.

iso8601 (time)
Alias for: xmlschema
json_create (object)
Source

    # File ext/json/lib/json/add/time.rb, line 9
    def self.json_create(object)
      if usec = object.delete('u') # used to be tv_usec -> tv_nsec
        object['n'] = usec * 1000
      end
      at(object['s'], Rational(object['n'], 1000))
    end

See `as_json`.

local(year, month = 1, mday = 1, hour = 0, min = 0, sec = 0, usec = 0) → new_time
local(sec, min, hour, mday, month, year, dummy, dummy, dummy, dummy) → new_time
Source

    static VALUE
    time_s_mktime(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
    {
        struct vtm vtm;

        time_arg(argc, argv, &vtm);
        return time_localtime(time_new_timew(klass, timelocalw(&vtm)));
    }

Like `Time.utc`, except that the returned `Time` object has the local timezone, not the UTC timezone:

    # With seven arguments.
    Time.local(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
    # => 0000-01-02 03:04:05.000006 -0600
    # With exactly ten arguments.
    Time.local(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
    # => 0005-04-03 02:01:00 -0600

Also aliased as: mktime
mktime
Alias for: local
new(year = nil, mon = nil, mday = nil, hour = nil, min = nil, sec = nil, zone = nil, in: nil, precision: 9)
Source

    # File timev.rb, line 434
    def initialize(year = (now = true), mon = (str = year; nil), mday = nil, hour = nil, min = nil, sec = nil, zone = nil,
                   in: nil, precision: 9)
      if zone
        if Primitive.arg!(:in)
          raise ArgumentError, "timezone argument given as positional and keyword arguments"
        end
      else
        zone = Primitive.arg!(:in)
      end

      if now
        return Primitive.time_init_now(zone)
      end

      if str and Primitive.time_init_parse(str, zone, precision)
        return self
      end

      Primitive.time_init_args(year, mon, mday, hour, min, sec, zone)
    end

Returns a new `Time` object based on the given arguments, by default in the local timezone.

With no positional arguments, returns the value of `Time.now`:

    Time.new # => 2021-04-24 17:27:46.0512465 -0500

With one string argument that represents a time, returns a new `Time` object based on the given argument, in the local timezone.

    Time.new('2000-12-31 23:59:59.5')              # => 2000-12-31 23:59:59.5 -0600
    Time.new('2000-12-31 23:59:59.5 +0900')        # => 2000-12-31 23:59:59.5 +0900
    Time.new('2000-12-31 23:59:59.5', in: '+0900') # => 2000-12-31 23:59:59.5 +0900
    Time.new('2000-12-31 23:59:59.5')              # => 2000-12-31 23:59:59.5 -0600
    Time.new('2000-12-31 23:59:59.56789', precision: 3) # => 2000-12-31 23:59:59.567 -0600

With one to six arguments, returns a new `Time` object based on the given arguments, in the local timezone.

    Time.new(2000, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) # => 2000-01-02 03:04:05 -0600

For the positional arguments (other than `zone`):

- `year`: Year, with no range limits:

      Time.new(999999999)  # => 999999999-01-01 00:00:00 -0600
      Time.new(-999999999) # => -999999999-01-01 00:00:00 -0600

- `month`: Month in range (1..12), or case-insensitive 3-letter month name:

      Time.new(2000, 1)     # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 -0600
      Time.new(2000, 12)    # => 2000-12-01 00:00:00 -0600
      Time.new(2000, 'jan') # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 -0600
      Time.new(2000, 'JAN') # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 -0600

- `mday`: Month day in range(1..31):

      Time.new(2000, 1, 1)  # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 -0600
      Time.new(2000, 1, 31) # => 2000-01-31 00:00:00 -0600

- `hour`: Hour in range (0..23), or 24 if `min`, `sec`, and `usec` are zero:

      Time.new(2000, 1, 1, 0)  # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 -0600
      Time.new(2000, 1, 1, 23) # => 2000-01-01 23:00:00 -0600
      Time.new(2000, 1, 1, 24) # => 2000-01-02 00:00:00 -0600

- `min`: Minute in range (0..59):

      Time.new(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0)  # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 -0600
      Time.new(2000, 1, 1, 0, 59) # => 2000-01-01 00:59:00 -0600

- `sec`: Second in range (0…61):

      Time.new(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0)  # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 -0600
      Time.new(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 59) # => 2000-01-01 00:00:59 -0600
      Time.new(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 60) # => 2000-01-01 00:01:00 -0600

  `sec` may be `Float` or `Rational`.

      Time.new(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 59.5)  # => 2000-12-31 23:59:59.5 +0900
      Time.new(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 59.7r) # => 2000-12-31 23:59:59.7 +0900

These values may be:

- Integers, as above.

- Numerics convertible to integers:

      Time.new(Float(0.0), Rational(1, 1), 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
      # => 0000-01-01 00:00:00 -0600

- `String` integers:

      a = %w[0 1 1 0 0 0]
      # => ["0", "1", "1", "0", "0", "0"]
      Time.new(*a) # => 0000-01-01 00:00:00 -0600

When positional argument `zone` or keyword argument `in:` is given, the new `Time` object is in the specified timezone. For the forms of argument `zone`, see Timezone Specifiers:

    Time.new(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, '+12:00')
    # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 +1200
    Time.new(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, in: '-12:00')
    # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 -1200
    Time.new(in: '-12:00')
    # => 2022-08-23 08:49:26.1941467 -1200

Since `in:` keyword argument just provides the default, so if the first argument in single string form contains time zone information, this keyword argument will be silently ignored.

    Time.new('2000-01-01 00:00:00 +0100', in: '-0500').utc_offset  # => 3600

- `precision`: maximum effective digits in sub-second part, default is 9. More digits will be truncated, as other operations of `Time`. Ignored unless the first argument is a string.

now (in: nil)
Source

    # File timev.rb, line 264
    def self.now(in: nil)
      Primitive.time_s_now(Primitive.arg!(:in))
    end

Creates a new `Time` object from the current system time. This is the same as `Time.new` without arguments.

    Time.now               # => 2009-06-24 12:39:54 +0900
    Time.now(in: '+04:00') # => 2009-06-24 07:39:54 +0400

For forms of argument `zone`, see Timezone Specifiers.

parse (date, now=self.now) { |year| ... }
Source

    # File lib/time.rb, line 382
    def parse(date, now=self.now)
      comp = !block_given?
      d = Date._parse(date, comp)
      year = d[:year]
      year = yield(year) if year && !comp
      make_time(date, year, d[:yday], d[:mon], d[:mday], d[:hour], d[:min], d[:sec], d[:sec_fraction], d[:zone], now)
    end

Takes a string representation of a `Time` and attempts to parse it using a heuristic.

This method **does not** function as a validator. If the input string does not match valid formats strictly, you may get a cryptic result. Should consider to use `Time.strptime` instead of this method as possible.

    require 'time'

    Time.parse("2010-10-31") #=> 2010-10-31 00:00:00 -0500

Any missing pieces of the date are inferred based on the current date.

    require 'time'

    # assuming the current date is "2011-10-31"
    Time.parse("12:00") #=> 2011-10-31 12:00:00 -0500

We can change the date used to infer our missing elements by passing a second object that responds to `mon`, `day` and `year`, such as `Date`, `Time` or `DateTime`. We can also use our own object.

    require 'time'

    class MyDate
      attr_reader :mon, :day, :year

      def initialize(mon, day, year)
        @mon, @day, @year = mon, day, year
      end
    end

    d  = Date.parse("2010-10-28")
    t  = Time.parse("2010-10-29")
    dt = DateTime.parse("2010-10-30")
    md = MyDate.new(10,31,2010)

    Time.parse("12:00", d)  #=> 2010-10-28 12:00:00 -0500
    Time.parse("12:00", t)  #=> 2010-10-29 12:00:00 -0500
    Time.parse("12:00", dt) #=> 2010-10-30 12:00:00 -0500
    Time.parse("12:00", md) #=> 2010-10-31 12:00:00 -0500

If a block is given, the year described in `date` is converted by the block. This is specifically designed for handling two digit years. For example, if you wanted to treat all two digit years prior to 70 as the year 2000+ you could write this:

    require 'time'

    Time.parse("01-10-31") {|year| year + (year < 70 ? 2000 : 1900)}
    #=> 2001-10-31 00:00:00 -0500
    Time.parse("70-10-31") {|year| year + (year < 70 ? 2000 : 1900)}
    #=> 1970-10-31 00:00:00 -0500

If the upper components of the given time are broken or missing, they are supplied with those of `now`. For the lower components, the minimum values (1 or 0) are assumed if broken or missing. For example:

    require 'time'

    # Suppose it is "Thu Nov 29 14:33:20 2001" now and
    # your time zone is EST which is GMT-5.
    now = Time.parse("Thu Nov 29 14:33:20 2001")
    Time.parse("16:30", now)     #=> 2001-11-29 16:30:00 -0500
    Time.parse("7/23", now)      #=> 2001-07-23 00:00:00 -0500
    Time.parse("Aug 31", now)    #=> 2001-08-31 00:00:00 -0500
    Time.parse("Aug 2000", now)  #=> 2000-08-01 00:00:00 -0500

Since there are numerous conflicts among locally defined time zone abbreviations all over the world, this method is not intended to understand all of them. For example, the abbreviation “CST” is used variously as:

    -06:00 in America/Chicago,
    -05:00 in America/Havana,
    +08:00 in Asia/Harbin,
    +09:30 in Australia/Darwin,
    +10:30 in Australia/Adelaide,
    etc.

Based on this fact, this method only understands the time zone abbreviations described in RFC 822 and the system time zone, in the order named. (i.e. a definition in RFC 822 overrides the system time zone definition.) The system time zone is taken from `Time.local(year, 1, 1).zone` and `Time.local(year, 7, 1).zone`. If the extracted time zone abbreviation does not match any of them, it is ignored and the given time is regarded as a local time.

`ArgumentError` is raised if `Date._parse` cannot extract information from `date` or if the `Time` class cannot represent specified date.

This method can be used as a fail-safe for other parsing methods as:

    Time.rfc2822(date) rescue Time.parse(date)
    Time.httpdate(date) rescue Time.parse(date)
    Time.xmlschema(date) rescue Time.parse(date)

A failure of `Time.parse` should be checked, though.

You must require ‘time’ to use this method.

rfc2822 (date)
Source

    # File lib/time.rb, line 511
    def rfc2822(date)
      if /\A\s*
          (?:(?:Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat|Sun)\s*,\s*)?
          (\d{1,2})\s+
          (Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)\s+
          (\d{2,})\s+
          (\d{2})\s*
          :\s*(\d{2})
          (?:\s*:\s*(\d\d))?\s+
          ([+-]\d{4}|
           UT|GMT|EST|EDT|CST|CDT|MST|MDT|PST|PDT|[A-IK-Z])/ix =~ date
        # Since RFC 2822 permit comments, the regexp has no right anchor.
        day = $1.to_i
        mon = MonthValue[$2.upcase]
        year = $3.to_i
        short_year_p = $3.length <= 3
        hour = $4.to_i
        min = $5.to_i
        sec = $6 ? $6.to_i : 0
        zone = $7

        if short_year_p
          # following year completion is compliant with RFC 2822.
          year = if year < 50
                   2000 + year
                 else
                   1900 + year
                 end
        end

        off = zone_offset(zone)
        year, mon, day, hour, min, sec =
          apply_offset(year, mon, day, hour, min, sec, off)
        t = self.utc(year, mon, day, hour, min, sec)
        force_zone!(t, zone, off)
        t
      else
        raise ArgumentError.new("not RFC 2822 compliant date: #{date.inspect}")
      end
    end

Parses `date` as date-time defined by RFC 2822 and converts it to a `Time` object. The format is identical to the date format defined by RFC 822 and updated by RFC 1123.

`ArgumentError` is raised if `date` is not compliant with RFC 2822 or if the `Time` class cannot represent specified date.

See `rfc2822` for more information on this format.

    require 'time'

    Time.rfc2822("Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:26:12 -0400")
    #=> 2010-10-05 22:26:12 -0400

You must require ‘time’ to use this method.

Also aliased as: rfc822
rfc822 (date)
Alias for: rfc2822
strptime (date, format, now=self.now) { |year| ... }
Source

    # File lib/time.rb, line 459
    def strptime(date, format, now=self.now)
      d = Date._strptime(date, format)
      raise ArgumentError, "invalid date or strptime format - '#{date}' '#{format}'" unless d
      if seconds = d[:seconds]
        if sec_fraction = d[:sec_fraction]
          usec = sec_fraction * 1000000
          usec *= -1 if seconds < 0
        else
          usec = 0
        end
        t = Time.at(seconds, usec)
        if zone = d[:zone]
          force_zone!(t, zone)
        end
      else
        year = d[:year]
        year = yield(year) if year && block_given?
        yday = d[:yday]
        if (d[:cwyear] && !year) || ((d[:cwday] || d[:cweek]) && !(d[:mon] && d[:mday]))
          # make_time doesn't deal with cwyear/cwday/cweek
          return Date.strptime(date, format).to_time
        end
        if (d[:wnum0] || d[:wnum1]) && !yday && !(d[:mon] && d[:mday])
          yday = Date.strptime(date, format).yday
        end
        t = make_time(date, year, yday, d[:mon], d[:mday], d[:hour], d[:min], d[:sec], d[:sec_fraction], d[:zone], now)
      end
      t
    end

Works similar to `parse` except that instead of using a heuristic to detect the format of the input string, you provide a second argument that describes the format of the string.

Raises `ArgumentError` if the date or format is invalid.

If a block is given, the year described in `date` is converted by the block. For example:

    Time.strptime(...) {|y| y < 100 ? (y >= 69 ? y + 1900 : y + 2000) : y}

Below is a list of the formatting options:

%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

%C

  Century (20 in 2009)

%d

  Day of the month (01..31)

%D

  Date (%m/%d/%y)

%e

  Day of the month, blank-padded ( 1..31)

%F

  Equivalent to %Y-%m-%d (the ISO 8601 date format)

%g

  The last two digits of the commercial year

%G

  The week-based year according to ISO-8601 (week 1 starts on Monday and includes January 4)

%h

  Equivalent to %b

%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)

%k

  hour, 24-hour clock, blank-padded ( 0..23)

%l

  hour, 12-hour clock, blank-padded ( 0..12)

%L

  Millisecond of the second (000..999)

%m

  Month of the year (01..12)

%M

  Minute of the hour (00..59)

%n

  Newline (n)

%N

  Fractional seconds digits

%p

  Meridian indicator (“AM” or “PM”)

%P

  Meridian indicator (“am” or “pm”)

%r

  time, 12-hour (same as %I:%M:%S %p)

%R

  time, 24-hour (%H:%M)

%s

  Number of seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC.

%S

  Second of the minute (00..60)

%t

  Tab character (t)

%T

  time, 24-hour (%H:%M:%S)

%u

  Day of the week as a decimal, Monday being 1. (1..7)

%U

  Week number of the current year, starting with the first Sunday as the first day of the first week (00..53)

%v

  VMS date (%e-%b-%Y)

%V

  Week number of year according to ISO 8601 (01..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 which may include century, if provided

%z

  Time zone as hour offset from UTC (e.g. +0900)

%Z

  Time zone name

%%

  Literal “%” character

%+

  date(1) (%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y)

    require 'time'

    Time.strptime("2000-10-31", "%Y-%m-%d") #=> 2000-10-31 00:00:00 -0500

You must require ‘time’ to use this method.

utc(year, month = 1, mday = 1, hour = 0, min = 0, sec = 0, usec = 0) → new_time
utc(sec, min, hour, mday, month, year, dummy, dummy, dummy, dummy) → new_time
Source

    static VALUE
    time_s_mkutc(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
    {
        struct vtm vtm;

        time_arg(argc, argv, &vtm);
        return time_gmtime(time_new_timew(klass, timegmw(&vtm)));
    }

Returns a new `Time` object based the on given arguments, in the UTC timezone.

With one to seven arguments given, the arguments are interpreted as in the first calling sequence above:

    Time.utc(year, month = 1, mday = 1, hour = 0, min = 0, sec = 0, usec = 0)

Examples:

    Time.utc(2000)  # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
    Time.utc(-2000) # => -2000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC

There are no minimum and maximum values for the required argument `year`.

For the optional arguments:

- `month`: Month in range (1..12), or case-insensitive 3-letter month name:

      Time.utc(2000, 1)     # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
      Time.utc(2000, 12)    # => 2000-12-01 00:00:00 UTC
      Time.utc(2000, 'jan') # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
      Time.utc(2000, 'JAN') # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC

- `mday`: Month day in range(1..31):

      Time.utc(2000, 1, 1)  # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
      Time.utc(2000, 1, 31) # => 2000-01-31 00:00:00 UTC

- `hour`: Hour in range (0..23), or 24 if `min`, `sec`, and `usec` are zero:

      Time.utc(2000, 1, 1, 0)  # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
      Time.utc(2000, 1, 1, 23) # => 2000-01-01 23:00:00 UTC
      Time.utc(2000, 1, 1, 24) # => 2000-01-02 00:00:00 UTC

- `min`: Minute in range (0..59):

      Time.utc(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0)  # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
      Time.utc(2000, 1, 1, 0, 59) # => 2000-01-01 00:59:00 UTC

- `sec`: Second in range (0..59), or 60 if `usec` is zero:

      Time.utc(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0)  # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
      Time.utc(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 59) # => 2000-01-01 00:00:59 UTC
      Time.utc(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 60) # => 2000-01-01 00:01:00 UTC

- `usec`: Microsecond in range (0..999999):

      Time.utc(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0)      # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
      Time.utc(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 999999) # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00.999999 UTC

The values may be:

- Integers, as above.

- Numerics convertible to integers:

      Time.utc(Float(0.0), Rational(1, 1), 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
      # => 0000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC

- `String` integers:

      a = %w[0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0]
      # => ["0", "1", "1", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0"]
      Time.utc(*a) # => 0000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC

When exactly ten arguments are given, the arguments are interpreted as in the second calling sequence above:

    Time.utc(sec, min, hour, mday, month, year, dummy, dummy, dummy, dummy)

where the `dummy` arguments are ignored:

    a = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
    # => [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
    Time.utc(*a) # => 0005-04-03 02:01:00 UTC

This form is useful for creating a `Time` object from a 10-element array returned by `Time.to_a`:

    t = Time.new(2000, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) # => 2000-01-02 03:04:05 +000006
    a = t.to_a   # => [5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2000, 0, 2, false, nil]
    Time.utc(*a) # => 2000-01-02 03:04:05 UTC

The two forms have their first six arguments in common, though in different orders; the ranges of these common arguments are the same for both forms; see above.

Raises an exception if the number of arguments is eight, nine, or greater than ten.

Related: `Time.local`.

Also aliased as: gm
xmlschema (time)
Source

    # File lib/time.rb, line 623
    def xmlschema(time)
      if /\A\s*
          (-?\d+)-(\d\d)-(\d\d)
          T
          (\d\d):(\d\d):(\d\d)
          (\.\d+)?
          (Z|[+-]\d\d(?::?\d\d)?)?
          \s*\z/ix =~ time
        year = $1.to_i
        mon = $2.to_i
        day = $3.to_i
        hour = $4.to_i
        min = $5.to_i
        sec = $6.to_i
        usec = 0
        if $7
          usec = Rational($7) * 1000000
        end
        if $8
          zone = $8
          off = zone_offset(zone)
          year, mon, day, hour, min, sec =
            apply_offset(year, mon, day, hour, min, sec, off)
          t = self.utc(year, mon, day, hour, min, sec, usec)
          force_zone!(t, zone, off)
          t
        else
          self.local(year, mon, day, hour, min, sec, usec)
        end
      else
        raise ArgumentError.new("invalid xmlschema format: #{time.inspect}")
      end
    end

Parses `time` as a dateTime defined by the XML Schema and converts it to a `Time` object. The format is a restricted version of the format defined by ISO 8601.

`ArgumentError` is raised if `time` is not compliant with the format or if the `Time` class cannot represent the specified time.

See `xmlschema` for more information on this format.

    require 'time'

    Time.xmlschema("2011-10-05T22:26:12-04:00")
    #=> 2011-10-05 22:26:12-04:00

You must require ‘time’ to use this method.

Also aliased as: iso8601
zone_offset (zone, year=self.now.year)
Source

    # File lib/time.rb, line 83
    def zone_offset(zone, year=self.now.year)
      off = nil
      zone = zone.upcase
      if /\A([+-])(\d\d)(:?)(\d\d)(?:\3(\d\d))?\z/ =~ zone
        off = ($1 == '-' ? -1 : 1) * (($2.to_i * 60 + $4.to_i) * 60 + $5.to_i)
      elsif zone.match?(/\A[+-]\d\d\z/)
        off = zone.to_i * 3600
      elsif ZoneOffset.include?(zone)
        off = ZoneOffset[zone] * 3600
      elsif ((t = self.local(year, 1, 1)).zone.upcase == zone rescue false)
        off = t.utc_offset
      elsif ((t = self.local(year, 7, 1)).zone.upcase == zone rescue false)
        off = t.utc_offset
      end
      off
    end

Return the number of seconds the specified time zone differs from UTC.

`Numeric` time zones that include minutes, such as `-10:00` or `+1330` will work, as will simpler hour-only time zones like `-10` or `+13`.

Textual time zones listed in ZoneOffset are also supported.

If the time zone does not match any of the above, `zone_offset` will check if the local time zone (both with and without potential Daylight Saving Time changes being in effect) matches `zone`. Specifying a value for `year` will change the year used to find the local time zone.

If `zone_offset` is unable to determine the offset, nil will be returned.

    require 'time'

    Time.zone_offset("EST") #=> -18000

You must require ‘time’ to use this method.

### Public Instance Methods

self + numeric → new_time
Source

    static VALUE
    time_plus(VALUE time1, VALUE time2)
    {
        struct time_object *tobj;
        GetTimeval(time1, tobj);

        if (IsTimeval(time2)) {
            rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "time + time?");
        }
        return time_add(tobj, time1, time2, 1);
    }

Returns a new `Time` object whose value is the sum of the numeric value of `self` and the given `numeric`:

    t = Time.new(2000) # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 -0600
    t + (60 * 60 * 24) # => 2000-01-02 00:00:00 -0600
    t + 0.5            # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00.5 -0600

Related: `Time#-`.

self - numeric → new_time
self - other_time → float
Source

    static VALUE
    time_minus(VALUE time1, VALUE time2)
    {
        struct time_object *tobj;

        GetTimeval(time1, tobj);
        if (IsTimeval(time2)) {
            struct time_object *tobj2;

            GetTimeval(time2, tobj2);
            return rb_Float(rb_time_unmagnify_to_float(wsub(tobj->timew, tobj2->timew)));
        }
        return time_add(tobj, time1, time2, -1);
    }

When `numeric` is given, returns a new `Time` object whose value is the difference of the numeric value of `self` and `numeric`:

    t = Time.new(2000) # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 -0600
    t - (60 * 60 * 24) # => 1999-12-31 00:00:00 -0600
    t - 0.5            # => 1999-12-31 23:59:59.5 -0600

When `other_time` is given, returns a `Float` whose value is the difference of the numeric values of `self` and `other_time` in seconds:

    t - t # => 0.0

Related: `Time#+`.

self <=> other_time → -1, 0, +1, or nil
Source

    static VALUE
    time_cmp(VALUE time1, VALUE time2)
    {
        struct time_object *tobj1, *tobj2;
        int n;

        GetTimeval(time1, tobj1);
        if (IsTimeval(time2)) {
            GetTimeval(time2, tobj2);
            n = wcmp(tobj1->timew, tobj2->timew);
        }
        else {
            return rb_invcmp(time1, time2);
        }
        if (n == 0) return INT2FIX(0);
        if (n > 0) return INT2FIX(1);
        return INT2FIX(-1);
    }

Compares `self` with `other_time`; returns:

- `-1`, if `self` is less than `other_time`.

- `0`, if `self` is equal to `other_time`.

- `1`, if `self` is greater then `other_time`.

- `nil`, if `self` and `other_time` are incomparable.

Examples:

    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

as_json (*)
Source

    # File ext/json/lib/json/add/time.rb, line 32
    def as_json(*)
      {
        JSON.create_id => self.class.name,
        's'            => tv_sec,
        'n'            => tv_nsec,
      }
    end

Methods `Time#as_json` and `Time.json_create` may be used to serialize and deserialize a Time object; see `Marshal`.

Method `Time#as_json` serializes `self`, returning a 2-element hash representing `self`:

    require 'json/add/time'
    x = Time.now.as_json
    # => {"json_class"=>"Time", "s"=>1700931656, "n"=>472846644}

Method `JSON.create` deserializes such a hash, returning a Time object:

    Time.json_create(x)
    # => 2023-11-25 11:00:56.472846644 -0600

asctime
Alias for: ctime
ceil(ndigits = 0) → new_time
Source

    static VALUE
    time_ceil(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE time)
    {
        VALUE ndigits, v, den;
        struct time_object *tobj;

        if (!rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1) || NIL_P(ndigits = argv[0]))
            den = INT2FIX(1);
        else
            den = ndigits_denominator(ndigits);

        GetTimeval(time, tobj);
        v = w2v(rb_time_unmagnify(tobj->timew));

        v = modv(v, den);
        if (!rb_equal(v, INT2FIX(0))) {
            v = subv(den, v);
        }
        return time_add(tobj, time, v, 1);
    }

Returns a new `Time` object whose numerical value is greater than or equal to `self` with its seconds truncated to precision `ndigits`:

    t = Time.utc(2010, 3, 30, 5, 43, 25.123456789r)
    t          # => 2010-03-30 05:43:25.123456789 UTC
    t.ceil     # => 2010-03-30 05:43:26 UTC
    t.ceil(2)  # => 2010-03-30 05:43:25.13 UTC
    t.ceil(4)  # => 2010-03-30 05:43:25.1235 UTC
    t.ceil(6)  # => 2010-03-30 05:43:25.123457 UTC
    t.ceil(8)  # => 2010-03-30 05:43:25.12345679 UTC
    t.ceil(10) # => 2010-03-30 05:43:25.123456789 UTC

    t = Time.utc(1999, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59)
    t              # => 1999-12-31 23:59:59 UTC
    (t + 0.4).ceil # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
    (t + 0.9).ceil # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
    (t + 1.4).ceil # => 2000-01-01 00:00:01 UTC
    (t + 1.9).ceil # => 2000-01-01 00:00:01 UTC

Related: `Time#floor`, `Time#round`.

ctime → string
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    static VALUE
    time_asctime(VALUE time)
    {
        return strftimev("%a %b %e %T %Y", time, rb_usascii_encoding());
    }

Returns a string representation of `self`, formatted by `strftime('%a %b %e %T %Y')` or its shorthand version `strftime('%c')`; see Formats for Dates and Times:

    t = Time.new(2000, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59, 0.5)
    t.ctime                      # => "Sun Dec 31 23:59:59 2000"
    t.strftime('%a %b %e %T %Y') # => "Sun Dec 31 23:59:59 2000"
    t.strftime('%c')             # => "Sun Dec 31 23:59:59 2000"

Related: `Time#to_s`, `Time#inspect`:

    t.inspect                    # => "2000-12-31 23:59:59.5 +000001"
    t.to_s                       # => "2000-12-31 23:59:59 +0000"

Also aliased as: asctime
day
Alias for: mday
deconstruct_keys(array_of_names_or_nil) → hash
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    static VALUE
    time_deconstruct_keys(VALUE time, VALUE keys)
    {
        struct time_object *tobj;
        VALUE h;
        long i;

        GetTimeval(time, tobj);
        MAKE_TM_ENSURE(time, tobj, tobj->vtm.yday != 0);

        if (NIL_P(keys)) {
            h = rb_hash_new_with_size(11);

            rb_hash_aset(h, sym_year, tobj->vtm.year);
            rb_hash_aset(h, sym_month, INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.mon));
            rb_hash_aset(h, sym_day, INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.mday));
            rb_hash_aset(h, sym_yday, INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.yday));
            rb_hash_aset(h, sym_wday, INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.wday));
            rb_hash_aset(h, sym_hour, INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.hour));
            rb_hash_aset(h, sym_min, INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.min));
            rb_hash_aset(h, sym_sec, INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.sec));
            rb_hash_aset(h, sym_subsec,
                         quov(w2v(wmod(tobj->timew, WINT2FIXWV(TIME_SCALE))), INT2FIX(TIME_SCALE)));
            rb_hash_aset(h, sym_dst, RBOOL(tobj->vtm.isdst));
            rb_hash_aset(h, sym_zone, time_zone(time));

            return h;
        }
        if (UNLIKELY(!RB_TYPE_P(keys, T_ARRAY))) {
            rb_raise(rb_eTypeError,
                     "wrong argument type %"PRIsVALUE" (expected Array or nil)",
                     rb_obj_class(keys));

        }

        h = rb_hash_new_with_size(RARRAY_LEN(keys));

        for (i=0; i<RARRAY_LEN(keys); i++) {
            VALUE key = RARRAY_AREF(keys, i);

            if (sym_year == key) rb_hash_aset(h, key, tobj->vtm.year);
            if (sym_month == key) rb_hash_aset(h, key, INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.mon));
            if (sym_day == key) rb_hash_aset(h, key, INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.mday));
            if (sym_yday == key) rb_hash_aset(h, key, INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.yday));
            if (sym_wday == key) rb_hash_aset(h, key, INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.wday));
            if (sym_hour == key) rb_hash_aset(h, key, INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.hour));
            if (sym_min == key) rb_hash_aset(h, key, INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.min));
            if (sym_sec == key) rb_hash_aset(h, key, INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.sec));
            if (sym_subsec == key) {
                rb_hash_aset(h, key, quov(w2v(wmod(tobj->timew, WINT2FIXWV(TIME_SCALE))), INT2FIX(TIME_SCALE)));
            }
            if (sym_dst == key) rb_hash_aset(h, key, RBOOL(tobj->vtm.isdst));
            if (sym_zone == key) rb_hash_aset(h, key, time_zone(time));
        }
        return h;
    }

Returns a hash of the name/value pairs, to use in pattern matching. Possible keys are: `:year`, `:month`, `:day`, `:yday`, `:wday`, `:hour`, `:min`, `:sec`, `:subsec`, `:dst`, `:zone`.

Possible usages:

    t = Time.utc(2022, 10, 5, 21, 25, 30)

    if t in wday: 3, day: ..7  # uses deconstruct_keys underneath
      puts "first Wednesday of the month"
    end
    #=> prints "first Wednesday of the month"

    case t
    in year: ...2022
      puts "too old"
    in month: ..9
      puts "quarter 1-3"
    in wday: 1..5, month:
      puts "working day in month #{month}"
    end
    #=> prints "working day in month 10"

Note that deconstruction by pattern can also be combined with class check:

    if t in Time(wday: 3, day: ..7)
      puts "first Wednesday of the month"
    end

dst? → true or false

Returns `true` if `self` is in daylight saving time, `false` otherwise:

    t = Time.local(2000, 1, 1) # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 -0600
    t.zone                     # => "Central Standard Time"
    t.dst?                     # => false
    t = Time.local(2000, 7, 1) # => 2000-07-01 00:00:00 -0500
    t.zone                     # => "Central Daylight Time"
    t.dst?                     # => true

Alias for: isdst
eql?(other_time)
Source

    static VALUE
    time_eql(VALUE time1, VALUE time2)
    {
        struct time_object *tobj1, *tobj2;

        GetTimeval(time1, tobj1);
        if (IsTimeval(time2)) {
            GetTimeval(time2, tobj2);
            return rb_equal(w2v(tobj1->timew), w2v(tobj2->timew));
        }
        return Qfalse;
    }

Returns `true` if `self` and `other_time` are both `Time` objects with the exact same time value.

floor(ndigits = 0) → new_time
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    static VALUE
    time_floor(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE time)
    {
        VALUE ndigits, v, den;
        struct time_object *tobj;

        if (!rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1) || NIL_P(ndigits = argv[0]))
            den = INT2FIX(1);
        else
            den = ndigits_denominator(ndigits);

        GetTimeval(time, tobj);
        v = w2v(rb_time_unmagnify(tobj->timew));

        v = modv(v, den);
        return time_add(tobj, time, v, -1);
    }

Returns a new `Time` object whose numerical value is less than or equal to `self` with its seconds truncated to precision `ndigits`:

    t = Time.utc(2010, 3, 30, 5, 43, 25.123456789r)
    t           # => 2010-03-30 05:43:25.123456789 UTC
    t.floor     # => 2010-03-30 05:43:25 UTC
    t.floor(2)  # => 2010-03-30 05:43:25.12 UTC
    t.floor(4)  # => 2010-03-30 05:43:25.1234 UTC
    t.floor(6)  # => 2010-03-30 05:43:25.123456 UTC
    t.floor(8)  # => 2010-03-30 05:43:25.12345678 UTC
    t.floor(10) # => 2010-03-30 05:43:25.123456789 UTC

    t = Time.utc(1999, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59)
    t               # => 1999-12-31 23:59:59 UTC
    (t + 0.4).floor # => 1999-12-31 23:59:59 UTC
    (t + 0.9).floor # => 1999-12-31 23:59:59 UTC
    (t + 1.4).floor # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
    (t + 1.9).floor # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC

Related: `Time#ceil`, `Time#round`.

friday? → true or false
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    static VALUE
    time_friday(VALUE time)
    {
        wday_p(5);
    }

Returns `true` if `self` represents a Friday, `false` otherwise:

    t = Time.utc(2000, 1, 7) # => 2000-01-07 00:00:00 UTC
    t.friday?                # => true

Related: `Time#saturday?`, `Time#sunday?`, `Time#monday?`.

getgm
Source
Also aliased as: getutc
getlocal(zone = nil) → new_time
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    static VALUE
    time_getlocaltime(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE time)
    {
        VALUE off;

        if (rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1) && !NIL_P(off = argv[0])) {
            VALUE zone = off;
            if (maybe_tzobj_p(zone)) {
                VALUE t = time_dup(time);
                if (zone_localtime(off, t)) return t;
            }

            if (NIL_P(off = utc_offset_arg(off))) {
                off = zone;
                if (NIL_P(zone = find_timezone(time, off))) invalid_utc_offset(off);
                time = time_dup(time);
                if (!zone_localtime(zone, time)) invalid_utc_offset(off);
                return time;
            }
            else if (off == UTC_ZONE) {
                return time_gmtime(time_dup(time));
            }
            validate_utc_offset(off);

            time = time_dup(time);
            time_set_utc_offset(time, off);
            return time_fixoff(time);
        }

        return time_localtime(time_dup(time));
    }

Returns a new `Time` object representing the value of `self` converted to a given timezone; if `zone` is `nil`, the local timezone is used:

    t = Time.utc(2000)                    # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
    t.getlocal                            # => 1999-12-31 18:00:00 -0600
    t.getlocal('+12:00')                  # => 2000-01-01 12:00:00 +1200

For forms of argument `zone`, see Timezone Specifiers.

getutc → new_time

Returns a new `Time` object representing the value of `self` converted to the UTC timezone:

    local = Time.local(2000) # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 -0600
    local.utc?               # => false
    utc = local.getutc       # => 2000-01-01 06:00:00 UTC
    utc.utc?                 # => true
    utc == local             # => true

Alias for: getgm
gmt?
Alias for: utc?
gmt_offset
Alias for: gmtoff
gmtime
Source
Also aliased as: utc
gmtoff
Source
Also aliased as: gmt_offset, utc_offset
hash → integer
Source

    static VALUE
    time_hash(VALUE time)
    {
        struct time_object *tobj;

        GetTimeval(time, tobj);
        return rb_hash(w2v(tobj->timew));
    }

Returns the integer hash code for `self`.

Related: `Object#hash`.

hour → integer
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    static VALUE
    time_hour(VALUE time)
    {
        struct time_object *tobj;

        GetTimeval(time, tobj);
        MAKE_TM(time, tobj);
        return INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.hour);
    }

Returns the integer hour of the day for `self`, in range (0..23):

    t = Time.new(2000, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
    # => 2000-01-02 03:04:05 +000006
    t.hour # => 3

Related: `Time#year`, `Time#mon`, `Time#min`.

httpdate ()
Source

    # File lib/time.rb, line 695
    def httpdate
      getutc.strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %T GMT')
    end

Returns a string which represents the time as RFC 1123 date of HTTP-date defined by RFC 2616:

    day-of-week, DD month-name CCYY hh:mm:ss GMT

Note that the result is always UTC (GMT).

    require 'time'

    t = Time.now
    t.httpdate # => "Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:26:12 GMT"

You must require ‘time’ to use this method.

inspect → string
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    static VALUE
    time_inspect(VALUE time)
    {
        struct time_object *tobj;
        VALUE str, subsec;

        GetTimeval(time, tobj);
        str = strftimev("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", time, rb_usascii_encoding());
        subsec = w2v(wmod(tobj->timew, WINT2FIXWV(TIME_SCALE)));
        if (subsec == INT2FIX(0)) {
        }
        else if (FIXNUM_P(subsec) && FIX2LONG(subsec) < TIME_SCALE) {
            long len;
            rb_str_catf(str, ".%09ld", FIX2LONG(subsec));
            for (len=RSTRING_LEN(str); RSTRING_PTR(str)[len-1] == '0' && len > 0; len--)
                ;
            rb_str_resize(str, len);
        }
        else {
            rb_str_cat_cstr(str, " ");
            subsec = quov(subsec, INT2FIX(TIME_SCALE));
            rb_str_concat(str, rb_obj_as_string(subsec));
        }
        if (TZMODE_UTC_P(tobj)) {
            rb_str_cat_cstr(str, " UTC");
        }
        else {
            /* ?TODO: subsecond offset */
            long off = NUM2LONG(rb_funcall(tobj->vtm.utc_offset, rb_intern("round"), 0));
            char sign = (off < 0) ? (off = -off, '-') : '+';
            int sec = off % 60;
            int min = (off /= 60) % 60;
            off /= 60;
            rb_str_catf(str, " %c%.2d%.2d", sign, (int)off, min);
            if (sec) rb_str_catf(str, "%.2d", sec);
        }
        return str;
    }

Returns a string representation of `self` with subseconds:

    t = Time.new(2000, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59, 0.5)
    t.inspect # => "2000-12-31 23:59:59.5 +000001"

Related: `Time#ctime`, `Time#to_s`:

    t.ctime   # => "Sun Dec 31 23:59:59 2000"
    t.to_s    # => "2000-12-31 23:59:59 +0000"

isdst
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Also aliased as: dst?
iso8601 (fraction_digits=0)

Parses `time` as a dateTime defined by the XML Schema and converts it to a `Time` object. The format is a restricted version of the format defined by ISO 8601.

`ArgumentError` is raised if `time` is not compliant with the format or if the `Time` class cannot represent the specified time.

See `xmlschema` for more information on this format.

    require 'time'

    Time.xmlschema("2011-10-05T22:26:12-04:00")
    #=> 2011-10-05 22:26:12-04:00

You must require ‘time’ to use this method.

Alias for: xmlschema
localtime → self or new_time
localtime(zone) → new_time
Source

    static VALUE
    time_localtime_m(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE time)
    {
        VALUE off;

        if (rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1) && !NIL_P(off = argv[0])) {
            return time_zonelocal(time, off);
        }

        return time_localtime(time);
    }

With no argument given:

- Returns `self` if `self` is a local time.

- Otherwise returns a new `Time` in the user’s local timezone:

      t = Time.utc(2000, 1, 1, 20, 15, 1) # => 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC
      t.localtime                         # => 2000-01-01 14:15:01 -0600

With argument `zone` given, returns the new `Time` object created by converting `self` to the given time zone:

    t = Time.utc(2000, 1, 1, 20, 15, 1) # => 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC
    t.localtime("-09:00")               # => 2000-01-01 11:15:01 -0900

For forms of argument `zone`, see Timezone Specifiers.

mday
Source
Also aliased as: day
min → integer
Source

    static VALUE
    time_min(VALUE time)
    {
        struct time_object *tobj;

        GetTimeval(time, tobj);
        MAKE_TM(time, tobj);
        return INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.min);
    }

Returns the integer minute of the hour for `self`, in range (0..59):

    t = Time.new(2000, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
    # => 2000-01-02 03:04:05 +000006
    t.min # => 4

Related: `Time#year`, `Time#mon`, `Time#sec`.

mon → integer
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    static VALUE
    time_mon(VALUE time)
    {
        struct time_object *tobj;

        GetTimeval(time, tobj);
        MAKE_TM(time, tobj);
        return INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.mon);
    }

Returns the integer month of the year for `self`, in range (1..12):

    t = Time.new(2000, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
    # => 2000-01-02 03:04:05 +000006
    t.mon # => 1

Related: `Time#year`, `Time#hour`, `Time#min`.

Also aliased as: month
monday? → true or false
Source

    static VALUE
    time_monday(VALUE time)
    {
        wday_p(1);
    }

Returns `true` if `self` represents a Monday, `false` otherwise:

    t = Time.utc(2000, 1, 3) # => 2000-01-03 00:00:00 UTC
    t.monday?                # => true

Related: `Time#tuesday?`, `Time#wednesday?`, `Time#thursday?`.

month
Alias for: mon
nsec → integer

Returns the number of nanoseconds in the subseconds part of `self` in the range (0..999_999_999); lower-order digits are truncated, not rounded:

    t = Time.now # => 2022-07-11 15:04:53.3219637 -0500
    t.nsec       # => 321963700

Related: `Time#subsec` (returns exact subseconds).

Alias for: tv_nsec
rfc2822 ()
Source

    # File lib/time.rb, line 675
    def rfc2822
      strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %T ') << (utc? ? '-0000' : strftime('%z'))
    end

Returns a string which represents the time as date-time defined by RFC 2822:

    day-of-week, DD month-name CCYY hh:mm:ss zone

where zone is [+-]hhmm.

If `self` is a UTC time, -0000 is used as zone.

    require 'time'

    t = Time.now
    t.rfc2822  # => "Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:26:12 -0400"

You must require ‘time’ to use this method.

Also aliased as: rfc822
rfc822 ()
Alias for: rfc2822
round(ndigits = 0) → new_time
Source

    static VALUE
    time_round(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE time)
    {
        VALUE ndigits, v, den;
        struct time_object *tobj;

        if (!rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1) || NIL_P(ndigits = argv[0]))
            den = INT2FIX(1);
        else
            den = ndigits_denominator(ndigits);

        GetTimeval(time, tobj);
        v = w2v(rb_time_unmagnify(tobj->timew));

        v = modv(v, den);
        if (lt(v, quov(den, INT2FIX(2))))
            return time_add(tobj, time, v, -1);
        else
            return time_add(tobj, time, subv(den, v), 1);
    }

Returns a new `Time` object whose numeric value is that of `self`, with its seconds value rounded to precision `ndigits`:

    t = Time.utc(2010, 3, 30, 5, 43, 25.123456789r)
    t          # => 2010-03-30 05:43:25.123456789 UTC
    t.round    # => 2010-03-30 05:43:25 UTC
    t.round(0) # => 2010-03-30 05:43:25 UTC
    t.round(1) # => 2010-03-30 05:43:25.1 UTC
    t.round(2) # => 2010-03-30 05:43:25.12 UTC
    t.round(3) # => 2010-03-30 05:43:25.123 UTC
    t.round(4) # => 2010-03-30 05:43:25.1235 UTC

    t = Time.utc(1999, 12,31, 23, 59, 59)
    t                # => 1999-12-31 23:59:59 UTC
    (t + 0.4).round  # => 1999-12-31 23:59:59 UTC
    (t + 0.49).round # => 1999-12-31 23:59:59 UTC
    (t + 0.5).round  # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
    (t + 1.4).round  # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
    (t + 1.49).round # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
    (t + 1.5).round  # => 2000-01-01 00:00:01 UTC

Related: `Time#ceil`, `Time#floor`.

saturday? → true or false
Source

    static VALUE
    time_saturday(VALUE time)
    {
        wday_p(6);
    }

Returns `true` if `self` represents a Saturday, `false` otherwise:

    t = Time.utc(2000, 1, 1) # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
    t.saturday?              # => true

Related: `Time#sunday?`, `Time#monday?`, `Time#tuesday?`.

sec → integer
Source

    static VALUE
    time_sec(VALUE time)
    {
        struct time_object *tobj;

        GetTimeval(time, tobj);
        MAKE_TM(time, tobj);
        return INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.sec);
    }

Returns the integer second of the minute for `self`, in range (0..60):

    t = Time.new(2000, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
    # => 2000-01-02 03:04:05 +000006
    t.sec # => 5

Note: the second value may be 60 when there is a leap second.

Related: `Time#year`, `Time#mon`, `Time#min`.

strftime(format_string) → string
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    static VALUE
    time_strftime(VALUE time, VALUE format)
    {
        struct time_object *tobj;
        const char *fmt;
        long len;
        rb_encoding *enc;
        VALUE tmp;

        GetTimeval(time, tobj);
        MAKE_TM_ENSURE(time, tobj, tobj->vtm.yday != 0);
        StringValue(format);
        if (!rb_enc_str_asciicompat_p(format)) {
            rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "format should have ASCII compatible encoding");
        }
        tmp = rb_str_tmp_frozen_acquire(format);
        fmt = RSTRING_PTR(tmp);
        len = RSTRING_LEN(tmp);
        enc = rb_enc_get(format);
        if (len == 0) {
            rb_warning("strftime called with empty format string");
            return rb_enc_str_new(0, 0, enc);
        }
        else {
            VALUE str = rb_strftime_alloc(fmt, len, enc, time, &tobj->vtm, tobj->timew,
                                          TZMODE_UTC_P(tobj));
            rb_str_tmp_frozen_release(format, tmp);
            if (!str) rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "invalid format: %"PRIsVALUE, format);
            return str;
        }
    }

Returns a string representation of `self`, formatted according to the given string `format`. See Formats for Dates and Times.

subsec → numeric
Source

    static VALUE
    time_subsec(VALUE time)
    {
        struct time_object *tobj;

        GetTimeval(time, tobj);
        return quov(w2v(wmod(tobj->timew, WINT2FIXWV(TIME_SCALE))), INT2FIX(TIME_SCALE));
    }

Returns the exact subseconds for `self` as a `Numeric` (`Integer` or `Rational`):

    t = Time.now # => 2022-07-11 15:11:36.8490302 -0500
    t.subsec     # => (4245151/5000000)

If the subseconds is zero, returns integer zero:

    t = Time.new(2000, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4) # => 2000-01-01 02:03:04 -0600
    t.subsec                          # => 0

sunday? → true or false
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    static VALUE
    time_sunday(VALUE time)
    {
        wday_p(0);
    }

Returns `true` if `self` represents a Sunday, `false` otherwise:

    t = Time.utc(2000, 1, 2) # => 2000-01-02 00:00:00 UTC
    t.sunday?                # => true

Related: `Time#monday?`, `Time#tuesday?`, `Time#wednesday?`.

thursday? → true or false
Source

    static VALUE
    time_thursday(VALUE time)
    {
        wday_p(4);
    }

Returns `true` if `self` represents a Thursday, `false` otherwise:

    t = Time.utc(2000, 1, 6) # => 2000-01-06 00:00:00 UTC
    t.thursday?              # => true

Related: `Time#friday?`, `Time#saturday?`, `Time#sunday?`.

to_a → array
Source

    static VALUE
    time_to_a(VALUE time)
    {
        struct time_object *tobj;

        GetTimeval(time, tobj);
        MAKE_TM_ENSURE(time, tobj, tobj->vtm.yday != 0);
        return rb_ary_new3(10,
                        INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.sec),
                        INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.min),
                        INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.hour),
                        INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.mday),
                        INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.mon),
                        tobj->vtm.year,
                        INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.wday),
                        INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.yday),
                        RBOOL(tobj->vtm.isdst),
                        time_zone(time));
    }

Returns a 10-element array of values representing `self`:

    Time.utc(2000, 1, 1).to_a
    # => [0,   0,   0,    1,   1,   2000, 6,    1,    false, "UTC"]
    #    [sec, min, hour, day, mon, year, wday, yday, dst?,   zone]

The returned array is suitable for use as an argument to `Time.utc` or `Time.local` to create a new `Time` object.

to_date → date
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    static VALUE
    time_to_date(VALUE self)
    {
        VALUE y, nth, ret;
        int ry, m, d;

        y = f_year(self);
        m = FIX2INT(f_mon(self));
        d = FIX2INT(f_mday(self));

        decode_year(y, -1, &nth, &ry);

        ret = d_simple_new_internal(cDate,
                                    nth, 0,
                                    GREGORIAN,
                                    ry, m, d,
                                    HAVE_CIVIL);
        {
            get_d1(ret);
            set_sg(dat, DEFAULT_SG);
        }
        return ret;
    }

Returns a `Date` object which denotes self.

to_datetime → datetime
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    static VALUE
    time_to_datetime(VALUE self)
    {
        VALUE y, sf, nth, ret;
        int ry, m, d, h, min, s, of;

        y = f_year(self);
        m = FIX2INT(f_mon(self));
        d = FIX2INT(f_mday(self));

        h = FIX2INT(f_hour(self));
        min = FIX2INT(f_min(self));
        s = FIX2INT(f_sec(self));
        if (s == 60)
            s = 59;

        sf = sec_to_ns(f_subsec(self));
        of = FIX2INT(f_utc_offset(self));

        decode_year(y, -1, &nth, &ry);

        ret = d_complex_new_internal(cDateTime,
                                     nth, 0,
                                     0, sf,
                                     of, GREGORIAN,
                                     ry, m, d,
                                     h, min, s,
                                     HAVE_CIVIL | HAVE_TIME);
        {
            get_d1(ret);
            set_sg(dat, DEFAULT_SG);
        }
        return ret;
    }

Returns a `DateTime` object which denotes self.

to_f → float
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    static VALUE
    time_to_f(VALUE time)
    {
        struct time_object *tobj;

        GetTimeval(time, tobj);
        return rb_Float(rb_time_unmagnify_to_float(tobj->timew));
    }

Returns the value of `self` as a `Float` number Epoch seconds; subseconds are included.

The stored value of `self` is a Rational, which means that the returned value may be approximate:

    Time.utc(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0).to_f         # => 0.0
    Time.utc(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 999999).to_f # => 0.999999
    Time.utc(1950, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0).to_f         # => -631152000.0
    Time.utc(1990, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0).to_f         # => 631152000.0

Related: `Time#to_i`, `Time#to_r`.

to_i → integer
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    static VALUE
    time_to_i(VALUE time)
    {
        struct time_object *tobj;

        GetTimeval(time, tobj);
        return w2v(wdiv(tobj->timew, WINT2FIXWV(TIME_SCALE)));
    }

Returns the value of `self` as integer Epoch seconds; subseconds are truncated (not rounded):

    Time.utc(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0).to_i         # => 0
    Time.utc(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 999999).to_i # => 0
    Time.utc(1950, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0).to_i         # => -631152000
    Time.utc(1990, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0).to_i         # => 631152000

Related: `Time#to_f` `Time#to_r`.

Also aliased as: tv_sec
to_json (*args)
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    # File ext/json/lib/json/add/time.rb, line 49
    def to_json(*args)
      as_json.to_json(*args)
    end

Returns a `JSON` string representing `self`:

    require 'json/add/time'
    puts Time.now.to_json

Output:

    {"json_class":"Time","s":1700931678,"n":980650786}

to_r → rational
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    static VALUE
    time_to_r(VALUE time)
    {
        struct time_object *tobj;
        VALUE v;

        GetTimeval(time, tobj);
        v = rb_time_unmagnify_to_rational(tobj->timew);
        if (!RB_TYPE_P(v, T_RATIONAL)) {
            v = rb_Rational1(v);
        }
        return v;
    }

Returns the value of `self` as a `Rational` exact number of Epoch seconds;

    Time.now.to_r # => (16571402750320203/10000000)

Related: `Time#to_f`, `Time#to_i`.

to_s → string
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    static VALUE
    time_to_s(VALUE time)
    {
        struct time_object *tobj;

        GetTimeval(time, tobj);
        if (TZMODE_UTC_P(tobj))
            return strftimev("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC", time, rb_usascii_encoding());
        else
            return strftimev("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z", time, rb_usascii_encoding());
    }

Returns a string representation of `self`, without subseconds:

    t = Time.new(2000, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59, 0.5)
    t.to_s    # => "2000-12-31 23:59:59 +0000"

Related: `Time#ctime`, `Time#inspect`:

    t.ctime   # => "Sun Dec 31 23:59:59 2000"
    t.inspect # => "2000-12-31 23:59:59.5 +000001"

to_time → time
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    static VALUE
    time_to_time(VALUE self)
    {
        return self;
    }

Returns self.

tuesday? → true or false
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    static VALUE
    time_tuesday(VALUE time)
    {
        wday_p(2);
    }

Returns `true` if `self` represents a Tuesday, `false` otherwise:

    t = Time.utc(2000, 1, 4) # => 2000-01-04 00:00:00 UTC
    t.tuesday?               # => true

Related: `Time#wednesday?`, `Time#thursday?`, `Time#friday?`.

tv_nsec
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Also aliased as: nsec
tv_sec
Alias for: to_i
tv_usec
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Also aliased as: usec
usec → integer

Returns the number of microseconds in the subseconds part of `self` in the range (0..999_999); lower-order digits are truncated, not rounded:

    t = Time.now # => 2022-07-11 14:59:47.5484697 -0500
    t.usec       # => 548469

Related: `Time#subsec` (returns exact subseconds).

Alias for: tv_usec
utc → self

Returns `self`, converted to the UTC timezone:

    t = Time.new(2000) # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 -0600
    t.utc?             # => false
    t.utc              # => 2000-01-01 06:00:00 UTC
    t.utc?             # => true

Related: `Time#getutc` (returns a new converted `Time` object).

Alias for: gmtime
utc? → true or false
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    static VALUE
    time_utc_p(VALUE time)
    {
        struct time_object *tobj;

        GetTimeval(time, tobj);
        return RBOOL(TZMODE_UTC_P(tobj));
    }

Returns `true` if `self` represents a time in UTC (GMT):

    now = Time.now
    # => 2022-08-18 10:24:13.5398485 -0500
    now.utc? # => false
    utc = Time.utc(2000, 1, 1, 20, 15, 1)
    # => 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC
    utc.utc? # => true

Related: `Time.utc`.

Also aliased as: gmt?
utc_offset → integer

Returns the offset in seconds between the timezones of UTC and `self`:

    Time.utc(2000, 1, 1).utc_offset   # => 0
    Time.local(2000, 1, 1).utc_offset # => -21600 # -6*3600, or minus six hours.

Alias for: gmtoff
wday → integer
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    static VALUE
    time_wday(VALUE time)
    {
        struct time_object *tobj;

        GetTimeval(time, tobj);
        MAKE_TM_ENSURE(time, tobj, tobj->vtm.wday != VTM_WDAY_INITVAL);
        return INT2FIX((int)tobj->vtm.wday);
    }

Returns the integer day of the week for `self`, in range (0..6), with Sunday as zero.

    t = Time.new(2000, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
    # => 2000-01-02 03:04:05 +000006
    t.wday    # => 0
    t.sunday? # => true

Related: `Time#year`, `Time#hour`, `Time#min`.

wednesday? → true or false
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    static VALUE
    time_wednesday(VALUE time)
    {
        wday_p(3);
    }

Returns `true` if `self` represents a Wednesday, `false` otherwise:

    t = Time.utc(2000, 1, 5) # => 2000-01-05 00:00:00 UTC
    t.wednesday?             # => true

Related: `Time#thursday?`, `Time#friday?`, `Time#saturday?`.

xmlschema (fraction_digits=0)
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    # File lib/time.rb, line 721
    def xmlschema(fraction_digits=0)
      fraction_digits = fraction_digits.to_i
      s = strftime("%FT%T")
      if fraction_digits > 0
        s << strftime(".%#{fraction_digits}N")
      end
      s << (utc? ? 'Z' : strftime("%:z"))
    end

Returns a string which represents the time as a dateTime defined by XML Schema:

    CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD
    CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sssTZD

where TZD is Z or [+-]hh:mm.

If self is a UTC time, Z is used as TZD. [+-]hh:mm is used otherwise.

`fraction_digits` specifies a number of digits to use for fractional seconds. Its default value is 0.

    require 'time'

    t = Time.now
    t.iso8601  # => "2011-10-05T22:26:12-04:00"

You must require ‘time’ to use this method.

Also aliased as: iso8601, iso8601
yday → integer
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    static VALUE
    time_yday(VALUE time)
    {
        struct time_object *tobj;

        GetTimeval(time, tobj);
        MAKE_TM_ENSURE(time, tobj, tobj->vtm.yday != 0);
        return INT2FIX(tobj->vtm.yday);
    }

Returns the integer day of the year of `self`, in range (1..366).

    Time.new(2000, 1, 1).yday   # => 1
    Time.new(2000, 12, 31).yday # => 366

year → integer
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    static VALUE
    time_year(VALUE time)
    {
        struct time_object *tobj;

        GetTimeval(time, tobj);
        MAKE_TM(time, tobj);
        return tobj->vtm.year;
    }

Returns the integer year for `self`:

    t = Time.new(2000, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
    # => 2000-01-02 03:04:05 +000006
    t.year # => 2000

Related: `Time#mon`, `Time#hour`, `Time#min`.

zone → string or timezone
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    static VALUE
    time_zone(VALUE time)
    {
        struct time_object *tobj;
        VALUE zone;

        GetTimeval(time, tobj);
        MAKE_TM(time, tobj);

        if (TZMODE_UTC_P(tobj)) {
            return rb_usascii_str_new_cstr("UTC");
        }
        zone = tobj->vtm.zone;
        if (NIL_P(zone))
            return Qnil;

        if (RB_TYPE_P(zone, T_STRING))
            zone = rb_str_dup(zone);
        return zone;
    }

Returns the string name of the time zone for `self`:

    Time.utc(2000, 1, 1).zone # => "UTC"
    Time.new(2000, 1, 1).zone # => "Central Standard Time"