method

advance

v4.0.2 - Show latest stable - Class: DateTime

advance(options)

public

Uses Date to provide precise Time calculations for years, months, and days. The options parameter takes a hash with any of these keys: :years, :months, :weeks, :days, :hours, :minutes, :seconds.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb, line 72
  def advance(options)
    d = to_date.advance(options)
    datetime_advanced_by_date = change(:year => d.year, :month => d.month, :day => d.day)
    seconds_to_advance =        options.fetch(:seconds, 0) +
      options.fetch(:minutes, 0) * 60 +
      options.fetch(:hours, 0) * 3600

    if seconds_to_advance.zero?
      datetime_advanced_by_date
    else
      datetime_advanced_by_date.since seconds_to_advance
    end
  end

advance

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