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to_r

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to_r() public

Returns the value of time as a rational number of seconds since the Epoch.

t = Time.now
p t.to_r            #=> (1270968792716287611/1000000000)

This methods is intended to be used to get an accurate value representing nanoseconds from the Epoch. You can use this to convert time to another Epoch.

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static VALUE
time_to_r(VALUE time)
{
    struct time_object *tobj;
    VALUE v;

    GetTimeval(time, tobj);
    v = w2v(rb_time_unmagnify(tobj->timew));
    if (TYPE(v) != T_RATIONAL) {
        v = rb_Rational1(v);
    }
    return v;
}

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