Method: Time.now

Defined in:

lib/source/ruby.rb

.now ⇒ Object

call-seq:

Time.new -> time
Time.now -> time

Returns a Time object initialized to the current system time. The object created will include fractional seconds to the thousandths place.

t1 = Time.now   #=> Tue Sep 23 2008 22:10:22 GMT-0400 (EDT)
t2 = Time.now   #=> Tue Sep 23 2008 22:10:22 GMT-0400 (EDT)
t1 == t2        #=> false
t1.to_f         #=> 1222222222.989
t2.to_f         #=> 1222222222.991

# File 'lib/source/ruby.rb', line 6253

def self.now
  Time.new
end