Ruby | DateTime civil() function

DateTime#civil() : civil() is a DateTime class method which returns a DateTime object denoting the given calendar date.

Syntax: DateTime.civil()

Parameter: DateTime values

Return: DateTime object denoting the given calendar date.

Example #1 :

# Ruby code for DateTime.civil() method

# loading library
require 'date'

# declaring DateTime value
date_a = DateTime.civil(2019, 8, 10, 4, 10, 9)

# declaring DateTime value
date_b = DateTime.civil(2019, 8, 10.5)

# declaring DateTime value
date_c = DateTime.civil(2019, 8, 10, 4, 10, 9, Rational(4, 24))


#  civil method
puts "DateTime civil form : #{date_a}\n\n"

puts "DateTime civil form : #{date_b}\n\n"

puts "DateTime civil form : #{date_c}\n\n"

Output :

DateTime civil form : 2019-08-10T04:10:09+00:00

DateTime civil form : 2019-08-10T12:00:00+00:00

DateTime civil form : 2019-08-10T04:10:09+04:00

Example #2 :

# Ruby code for DateTime.civil() method

# loading library
require 'date'

# declaring DateTime value
date_a = DateTime.civil(2019, 8, 10, 5)

# declaring DateTime value
date_b = DateTime.parse('10 Aug 2018 04:10:06+04:30')

# declaring DateTime value
date_c = DateTime.civil(2019, 8, 10, 4, 10, 9, '+03:00')


#  civil method
puts "DateTime civil form : #{date_a}\n\n"

puts "DateTime civil form : #{date_b}\n\n"

puts "DateTime civil form : #{date_c}\n\n"

Output :

DateTime civil form : 2019-08-10T05:00:00+00:00

DateTime civil form : 2018-08-10T04:10:06+04:30

DateTime civil form : 2019-08-10T04:10:09+03:00