From c1c1d6c2ea72424dfae0b5ee1991d904dcf0f252 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gbuesing Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 14:13:47 -0500 Subject: Adding documentation for time zone features --- activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'activerecord') diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb index c2604894a8..d753778d52 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb @@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ module ActiveRecord evaluate_attribute_method attr_name, "def #{attr_name}; unserialize_attribute('#{attr_name}'); end" end + # Defined for all datetime and timestamp attributes when time_zone_aware_attributes are enabled. + # This enhanced read method automatically converts the UTC time stored in the database to the time zone stored in Time.zone def define_read_method_for_time_zone_conversion(attr_name) method_body = <<-EOV def #{attr_name}(reload = false) @@ -183,6 +185,8 @@ module ActiveRecord evaluate_attribute_method attr_name, "def #{attr_name}=(new_value);write_attribute('#{attr_name}', new_value);end", "#{attr_name}=" end + # Defined for all datetime and timestamp attributes when time_zone_aware_attributes are enabled. + # This enhanced write method will automatically convert the time passed to it to the zone stored in Time.zone. def define_write_method_for_time_zone_conversion(attr_name) method_body = <<-EOV def #{attr_name}=(time) -- cgit v1.2.3