Ruby | Time to_a() function

Time#to_a() is a Time class method which returns the string which returns a ten-element array of values for time.
Format

[sec, min, hour, day, month, year, wday, yday, isdst, zone]

Syntax: Time.to_a()

Parameter: Time values

Return: a ten-element array of values for time.

Example #1 :

# Ruby code for Time.to_a() method

# loading library
require 'time'

# declaring time
a = Time.new(2019)

# declaring time
b = Time.new(2019, 10)

# declaring time
c = Time.new(2019, 12, 31)

# Time
puts "Time a : #{a}\n\n"
puts "Time b : #{b}\n\n"
puts "Time c : #{c}\n\n\n\n"


# to_a form
puts "Time a to_a form : #{a.to_a}\n\n"
puts "Time b to_a form : #{b.to_a}\n\n"
puts "Time c to_a form : #{c.to_a}\n\n"

Output :

Time a : 2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000

Time b : 2019-10-01 00:00:00 +0000

Time c : 2019-12-31 00:00:00 +0000



Time a to_a form : [0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2019, 2, 1, false, "UTC"]

Time b to_a form : [0, 0, 0, 1, 10, 2019, 2, 274, false, "UTC"]

Time c to_a form : [0, 0, 0, 31, 12, 2019, 2, 365, false, "UTC"]

Example #2 :

# Ruby code for Time.to_a() method

# loading library
require 'time'

# declaring time
a = Time.now

# declaring time
b = Time.new(1000, 10, 10)

# declaring time
c = Time.new(2020, 12)

# Time
puts "Time a : #{a}\n\n"
puts "Time b : #{b}\n\n"
puts "Time c : #{c}\n\n\n\n"


# to_a form
puts "Time a to_a form : #{a.to_a}\n\n"
puts "Time b to_a form : #{b.to_a}\n\n"
puts "Time c to_a form : #{c.to_a}\n\n"

Output :

Time a : 2019-08-27 12:15:17 +0000

Time b : 1000-10-10 00:00:00 +0000

Time c : 2020-12-01 00:00:00 +0000



Time a to_a form : [17, 15, 12, 27, 8, 2019, 2, 239, false, "UTC"]

Time b to_a form : [0, 0, 0, 10, 10, 1000, 5, 283, false, "UTC"]

Time c to_a form : [0, 0, 0, 1, 12, 2020, 2, 336, false, "UTC"]