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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record/timestamp.rb')
| -rw-r--r-- | activerecord/lib/active_record/timestamp.rb | 19 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/timestamp.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/timestamp.rb index 20e4235788..a572c109d8 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/timestamp.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/timestamp.rb @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ module ActiveRecord - # = Active Record Timestamp + # = Active Record \Timestamp # # Active Record automatically timestamps create and update operations if the # table has fields named <tt>created_at/created_on</tt> or @@ -15,14 +15,21 @@ module ActiveRecord # # == Time Zone aware attributes # - # By default, ActiveRecord::Base keeps all the datetime columns time zone aware by executing following code. + # Active Record keeps all the <tt>datetime</tt> and <tt>time</tt> columns + # time-zone aware. By default, these values are stored in the database as UTC + # and converted back to the current <tt>Time.zone</tt> when pulled from the database. # - # config.active_record.time_zone_aware_attributes = true + # This feature can be turned off completely by setting: # - # This feature can easily be turned off by assigning value <tt>false</tt> . + # config.active_record.time_zone_aware_attributes = false # - # If your attributes are time zone aware and you desire to skip time zone conversion to the current Time.zone - # when reading certain attributes then you can do following: + # You can also specify that only <tt>datetime</tt> columns should be time-zone + # aware (while <tt>time</tt> should not) by setting: + # + # ActiveRecord::Base.time_zone_aware_types = [:datetime] + # + # Finally, you can indicate specific attributes of a model for which time zone + # conversion should not applied, for instance by setting: # # class Topic < ActiveRecord::Base # self.skip_time_zone_conversion_for_attributes = [:written_on] |