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Active Model Time Type

Attribute type for time of day representation. It is registered under the :time key.

class Event
  include ActiveModel::Attributes

  attribute :start, :time
end

String values are parsed using the ISO 8601 datetime format, but are normalized to have a date of 2000-01-01 and be in the UTC time zone.

event = Event.new
event.start = "2004-10-25T01:23:45-06:00"

event.start.class # => Time
event.start       # => 2000-01-01 07:23:45 UTC

Partial time-only formats are also accepted.

event.start = "00:01:02+03:00"
event.start # => 1999-12-31 21:01:02 UTC

The degree of sub-second precision can be customized when declaring an attribute:

class Event
  include ActiveModel::Attributes

  attribute :start, :time, precision: 4
end
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Instance Public methods

type()

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# File activemodel/lib/active_model/type/time.rb, line 45
def type
  :time
end

user_input_in_time_zone(value)

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# File activemodel/lib/active_model/type/time.rb, line 49
def user_input_in_time_zone(value)
  return unless value.present?

  case value
  when ::String
    value = "2000-01-01 #{value}"
    time_hash = begin
      ::Date._parse(value)
    rescue ArgumentError
    end

    return if time_hash.nil? || time_hash[:hour].nil?
  when ::Time
    value = value.change(year: 2000, day: 1, month: 1)
  end

  super(value)
end