Ruby | Time to_r function

Time#to_r() : to_r() is a Time class method which returns the value of time as a rational number of seconds since the Epoch.

Syntax: Time.to_r()

Parameter: Time values

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

Example #1 :

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

Output :

Time a : 2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0100

Time b : 2019-10-01 00:00:00 +0200

Time c : 2019-12-31 00:00:00 +0100



Time a to_r form : 1546297200/1

Time b to_r form : 1569880800/1

Time c to_r form : 1577746800/1

Example #2 :

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

Output :

Time a : 2019-08-27 05:36:10 +0200

Time b : 1000-10-10 00:00:00 +0053

Time c : 2020-12-01 00:00:00 +0100



Time a to_r form : 391719242502690717/250000000

Time b to_r form : -30585862408/1

Time c to_r form : 1606777200/1