module ActiveSupport #:nodoc: module CoreExtensions #:nodoc: module DateTime #:nodoc: # Converting datetimes to formatted strings, dates, and times. module Conversions def self.included(base) #:nodoc: 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 # Ruby 1.9 has DateTime#to_time which internally relies on Time. We define our own #to_time which allows # DateTimes outside the range of what can be created with Time. remove_method :to_time if base.instance_methods.include?(:to_time) end end # Convert to a formatted string. See Time::DATE_FORMATS for predefined formats. # # This method is aliased to to_s. # # === Examples: # datetime = DateTime.civil(2007, 12, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0) # => Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 # # datetime.to_formatted_s(:db) # => "2007-12-04 00:00:00" # datetime.to_s(:db) # => "2007-12-04 00:00:00" # datetime.to_s(:number) # => "20071204000000" # datetime.to_formatted_s(:short) # => "04 Dec 00:00" # datetime.to_formatted_s(:long) # => "December 04, 2007 00:00" # datetime.to_formatted_s(:long_ordinal) # => "December 4th, 2007 00:00" # datetime.to_formatted_s(:rfc822) # => "Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000" # # == Adding your own datetime formats to to_formatted_s # DateTime formats are shared with Time. You can add your own to the # Time::DATE_FORMATS hash. Use the format name as the hash key and # either a strftime string or Proc instance that takes a time or # datetime argument as the value. # # # config/initializers/time_formats.rb # Time::DATE_FORMATS[:month_and_year] = "%B %Y" # Time::DATE_FORMATS[:short_ordinal] = lambda { |time| time.strftime("%B #{time.day.ordinalize}") } 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 has an offset other than 0, self will just be returned unaltered, since there's no clean way to map it to a Time def to_time self.offset == 0 ? ::Time.utc_time(year, month, day, hour, min, sec) : self end # To be able to keep Times, Dates and DateTimes interchangeable on conversions def to_datetime self end # Converts datetime to an appropriate format for use in XML def xmlschema strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%Z") end if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9' end end end end