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beginning_of_month

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beginning_of_month() public

Returns a new date/time at the start of the month.

today = Date.today # => Thu, 18 Jun 2015
today.beginning_of_month # => Mon, 01 Jun 2015

DateTime objects will have a time set to 0:00.

now = DateTime.current # => Thu, 18 Jun 2015 15:23:13 +0000
now.beginning_of_month # => Mon, 01 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000

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# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date_and_time/calculations.rb, line 125
    def beginning_of_month
      first_hour(change(day: 1))
    end

beginning_of_month

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