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to_time

rails latest stable - Class: ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Date::Conversions

Method deprecated or moved

This method is deprecated or moved on the latest stable version. The last existing version (v2.3.8) is shown here.

to_time(form = :local)
public

Converts a Date instance to a Time, where the time is set to the beginning of the day. The timezone can be either :local or :utc (default :local).

Examples

  date = Date.new(2007, 11, 10)  # => Sat, 10 Nov 2007

  date.to_time                   # => Sat Nov 10 00:00:00 0800 2007
  date.to_time(:local)           # => Sat Nov 10 00:00:00 0800 2007

  date.to_time(:utc)             # => Sat Nov 10 00:00:00 UTC 2007