Ruby | Time to_i() function

Time#to_i() is a Time class method which returns the value of time as an integer number of seconds since the Epoch.

Syntax: Time.to_i()

Parameter: Time values

Return: value of time as an integer number of seconds since the Epoch.

Example #1 :

# Ruby code for Time.to_i() 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_i form
puts "Time a to_i form : #{a.to_i}\n\n"
puts "Time b to_i form : #{b.to_i}\n\n"
puts "Time c to_i form : #{c.to_i}\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_i form : 1546300800

Time b to_i form : 1569888000

Time c to_i form : 1577750400

Example #2 :

# Ruby code for Time.to_i() 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_i form
puts "Time a to_i form : #{a.to_i}\n\n"
puts "Time b to_i form : #{b.to_i}\n\n"
puts "Time c to_i form : #{c.to_i}\n\n"

Output :

Time a : 2019-08-27 12:30:26 +0000

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

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



Time a to_i form : 1566909026

Time b to_i form : -30585859200

Time c to_i form : 1606780800