TransactionTimestamps

Transaction timestamps sets a Rails model's created_at and updated_at timestamps to the database transaction time, rather than the current time. This is useful for aligning the timestamps of different models saved within a single transaction to be exactly the same.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'transaction_timestamps'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install transaction_timestamps

Usage

In an initializer (eg. config/initializers/transaction_timestamps.rb), flag on transaction timestamps:

TransactionTimestamps.enabled = true

Any models created or updated within a transaction will then get the transaction timestamp.

Note: For postgresql databases, the timestamp is generated from a SQL query for the actual transaction time. For other databases (where querying the transaction time is not supported), the current system time as of the first timestamping event in the transaction is used.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/coupa/transaction_timestamps.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.