GBDate

GBDate is a gem extending rails to accept dates as float or numeric. It means that http client can send date or time in format of 1732131232.236732 instead of a date string.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'gb_date'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install gb_date

Basic usage is out of a box inserted into rails. On top of that you get few extensions.

 object = MyModel.create date_field: '1458068508.965463'
 puts object.date_field

Will result with 2016-03-15 19:01:48 UTC

For api use, default time are extended with following methods:

 Time.now.to_api_decimal

Returns BigDecimal with precision to microseconds

 Time.now.to_api_f

Returns Float with precision to microseconds

 Time.now.to_api_s

Returns String representation of decimal number with precision to microseconds

You can convert numbers to Time

    1234343.to_time
    1234343.232.to_time

with time zone

    1234343.in_time_zone(zone)

or Date

    1234343.to_date

or DateTime

    1234343.to_datetime

Convert to beginning of date in utc time

    Date.today.to_utc_time

Convert to DateTime

    Time.now.to_datetime

Convert to BigDecimal

    Time.now.to_decimal

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake rspec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/GenieBelt/gb-date-rails.

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