Class: DateTime

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• DateTime

Defined in:

lib/sixarm_ruby_date_time_rand/date_time.rb

Overview

DateTime extensions

Class Method Summary

• .rand(range = nil) ⇒ DateTime

  This is called by ‘Date.rand` and `Time.rand`.

Class Method Details

.rand(range = nil) ⇒ DateTime

This is called by ‘Date.rand` and `Time.rand`.

The default range is +/- 10000 days from now, which is the same as ‘Date.rand` and `Time.rand`.

Examples:

DateTime.rand
=> "2014-12-31 12:59:59Z" 

with a range

now = DateTime.now
range = (now - 10000)..(now + 10000)
DateTime.rand(range)

Parameters:

• A (Range<DateTime..DateTime>) —

  range of potential date-times, or nil for the default range.

Returns:

• (DateTime) —

  a random date-time

# File 'lib/sixarm_ruby_date_time_rand/date_time.rb', line 29

def self.rand(range = nil)
  range ? Kernel.rand(range) : (DateTime.now + Kernel.rand(-10000..10000))
end