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

Syntax: DateTime.new()

Parameter: DateTime values

Return: a DateTime object denoting the given calendar date.

Example #1 :




# Ruby code for DateTime.new() method
  
# loading library
require 'date'
  
# declaring DateTime value
date_a = DateTime.new(2019, 8, 10, 4, 10, 9)
  
# declaring DateTime value
date_b = DateTime.new(2019, 8, 10.5)
  
# declaring DateTime value
date_c = DateTime.new(2019, 8, 10, 4, 10, 9, Rational(4, 24))
  
  
#  new method
puts "DateTime new form : #{date_a}\n\n"
  
puts "DateTime new form : #{date_b}\n\n"
  
puts "DateTime new form : #{date_c}\n\n"


Output :

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

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

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

Example #2 :




# Ruby code for DateTime.new() method
  
# loading library
require 'date'
  
# declaring DateTime value
date_a = DateTime.new(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.new(2019, 8, 10, 4, 10, 9, '+03:00')
  
  
#  new method
puts "DateTime new form : #{date_a}\n\n"
  
puts "DateTime new form : #{date_b}\n\n"
  
puts "DateTime new form : #{date_c}\n\n"


Output :

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

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

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



Last Updated : 09 Jan, 2020
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