method

to_time

v3.2.13 - Show latest stable - Class: DateTime

to_time()

public

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.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/conversions.rb, line 68
  def to_time
    self.offset == 0 ? ::Time.utc_time(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, sec_fraction * (RUBY_VERSION < '1.9' ? 86400000000 : 1000000)) : self
  end

to_time

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