Class: DateTime

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods included from ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::DateTime::Conversions

append_features, #formatted_offset, #readable_inspect, #to_date, #to_datetime, #to_f, #to_formatted_s, #to_i, #to_time, #xmlschema

Methods included from ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::DateTime::Calculations

#advance, #ago, #beginning_of_day, #change, #compare_with_coercion, #end_of_day, #future?, included, #past?, #seconds_since_midnight, #since, #utc, #utc?, #utc_offset

Methods included from ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Time::Zones

#in_time_zone, included

Methods included from ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Time::Behavior

#acts_like_time?

Instance Method Details

#as_json(options = nil) ⇒ Object

Coerces the datetime to a string for JSON encoding.

ISO 8601 format is used if ActiveSupport::JSON::Encoding.use_standard_json_time_format is set.

Examples

# With ActiveSupport::JSON::Encoding.use_standard_json_time_format = true
DateTime.civil(2005,2,1,15,15,10).to_json
# => "2005-02-01T15:15:10+00:00"

# With ActiveSupport::JSON::Encoding.use_standard_json_time_format = false
DateTime.civil(2005,2,1,15,15,10).to_json
# => "2005/02/01 15:15:10 +0000"


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# File 'lib/active_support/json/encoders/date_time.rb', line 15

def as_json(options = nil)
  if ActiveSupport::JSON::Encoding.use_standard_json_time_format
    xmlschema
  else
    strftime('%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S %z')
  end
end