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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb')
| -rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb index 38b91652ee..cbc2220e96 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb @@ -218,6 +218,19 @@ module ActiveRecord self end + # Saves the record with the updated_at/on attributes set to the current time. + # Please note that no validation is performed and no callbacks are executed. + # If an attribute name is passed, that attribute is updated along with + # updated_at/on attributes. + # + # Examples: + # + # product.touch # updates updated_at/on + # product.touch(:designed_at) # updates the designed_at attribute and updated_at/on + def touch(attribute = nil) + update_attribute(attribute, current_time_from_proper_timezone) + end + private def create_or_update raise ReadOnlyRecord if readonly? |