From 873c5a9e5924a7776692b9a17b03d0becec6e513 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neeraj Singh Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:29:33 -0400 Subject: adding documentation regarding time_zone_aware_attributes and skip_time_zone_conversion_for_attributes --- activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'activerecord/lib') diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb index 5898ec3732..99043af1a5 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb @@ -220,6 +220,19 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc: # user = User.create(:preferences => %w( one two three )) # User.find(user.id).preferences # raises SerializationTypeMismatch # + # == Time Zone aware attributes + # + # By default, ActiveRecord::Base keeps all the datetime columns time zone aware by executing following code. + # + # ActiveRecord::Base.time_zone_aware_attributes = true + # + # This feature can easily be turned off by assigning value false . + # + # If your attributes are time zone aware and you desire to skip time zone conversion for certain attributes then you can do following: + # + # Topic.skip_time_zone_conversion_for_attributes = [:written_on] + # + # # == Single table inheritance # # Active Record allows inheritance by storing the name of the class in a column that by default is named "type" (can be changed -- cgit v1.2.3