Time of day attributes for your Rails model

This ruby gem converts time of day to seconds since midnight and back. The seconds value is stored in the database and can be used for calculations and validations.

Installation

gem install time_of_day_attr

Usage

Define the time of day attributes:

class BusinessHour < ActiveRecord::Base
  time_of_day_attr :opening, :closing
end

Converts time of day to seconds since midnight when a string was set:

business_hour = BusinessHour.new(opening: '9:00', closing: '17:00')
business_hour.opening
 => 32400
business_hour.closing
 => 61200

To convert back to time of day:

TimeOfDayAttr.l(business_hour.opening)
 => '9:00'
TimeOfDayAttr.l(business_hour.closing)
 => '17:00'

You could also omit minutes at full hour:

TimeOfDayAttr.l(business_hour.opening, omit_minutes_at_full_hour: true)
 => '9'

Formats

The standard formats for conversion are 'default' and 'hour'.

en:
  time_of_day:
    formats:
      default: '%k:%M'
      hour: '%k'

You can overwrite them or use custom formats:

en:
  time_of_day:
    formats:
      custom: '%H-%M'

Pass the formats you want for conversion:

class BusinessHour < ActiveRecord::Base
  time_of_day_attr :opening, formats: [:custom]
end

business_hour = BusinessHour.new(opening: '09-00')
business_hour.opening
 => 32400
TimeOfDayAttr.l(business_hour.opening, format: :custom)
 => '09-00'

Prepending

If you want to process the converted value in your model, you can use the prepend option:

class BusinessHour < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_reader :tracked_opening, :tracked_closing

  time_of_day_attr :opening
  time_of_day_attr :closing, prepend: true

  def opening=(value)
    @tracked_opening = value
    super(value)
  end

  def closing=(value)
    @tracked_closing = value
    super(value)
  end
end

business_hour = BusinessHour.new(opening: '9', closing: '9')
business_hour.tracked_opening
=> '9'
business_hour.tracked_closing
=> 32400

time of day field

To get a text field with the converted value:

<%= form_for(business_hour) do |f| %>
  <%= f.time_of_day_field(:opening) %>
<% end %>

License

MIT