module ActiveSupport #:nodoc: module CoreExtensions #:nodoc: module DateTime #:nodoc: # Getting datetimes in different convenient string representations and other objects module Conversions def self.included(base) base.class_eval do alias_method :to_datetime_default_s, :to_s alias_method :to_s, :to_formatted_s alias_method :default_inspect, :inspect alias_method :inspect, :readable_inspect end end def to_formatted_s(format = :default) if formatter = ::Time::DATE_FORMATS[format] if formatter.respond_to?(:call) formatter.call(self).to_s else strftime(formatter) end else to_datetime_default_s end end # Overrides the default inspect method with a human readable one, e.g., "Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:30:00 +0000" def readable_inspect to_s(:rfc822) end # Converts self to a Ruby Date object; time portion is discarded def to_date ::Date.new(year, month, day) end # Attempts to convert self to a Ruby Time object; returns self if out of range of Ruby Time class # If self.offset is 0, then will attempt to cast as a utc time; otherwise will attempt to cast in local time zone def to_time method = if self.offset == 0 then 'utc' else 'local' end ::Time.send(method, year, month, day, hour, min, sec) rescue self end # To be able to keep Times, Dates and DateTimes interchangeable on conversions def to_datetime self end end end end end