22 lines
648 B
Ruby
22 lines
648 B
Ruby
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# this file must be loaded after the JSON gem
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class Time
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# this date format sorts lexicographically
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# and is compatible with Javascript's new Date(time_string) constructor
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# note that sorting will break if you store times from multiple timezones
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# I like to add a ENV['TZ'] = 'UTC' to my apps
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def to_json(options = nil)
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%("#{strftime("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S %z")}")
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end
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# this works to decode the outputted time format
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# copied from ActiveSupport
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# def self.parse string, fallback=nil
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# d = DateTime.parse(string).new_offset
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# self.utc(d.year, d.month, d.day, d.hour, d.min, d.sec)
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# rescue
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# fallback
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# end
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end |