Enables the use of time calculations and declarations, like 45.minutes + 2.hours + 4.years.

These methods use Time#advance for precise date calculations when using from_now, ago, etc. as well as adding or subtracting their results from a Time object. For example: 

  # equivalent to Time.now.advance(:months => 1)
  1.month.from_now

  # equivalent to Time.now.advance(:years => 2)
  2.years.from_now

  # equivalent to Time.now.advance(:months => 4, :years => 5)
  (4.months + 5.years).from_now

While these methods provide precise calculation when used as in the examples above, care should be taken to note that this is not true if the result of `months’, `years’, etc is converted before use: 

  # equivalent to 30.days.to_i.from_now
  1.month.to_i.from_now

  # equivalent to 365.25.days.to_f.from_now
  1.year.to_f.from_now

In such cases, Ruby‘s core Date and Time should be used for precision date and time arithmetic

Methods
Public Instance methods
ago(time = ::Time.now)

Reads best without arguments: 10.minutes.ago

This method is also aliased as until

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    # File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb, line 64
64:         def ago(time = ::Time.now)
65:           time - self
66:         end
day()

Alias for days

days()
This method is also aliased as day

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    # File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb, line 48
48:         def days
49:           ActiveSupport::Duration.new(self * 24.hours, [[:days, self]])
50:         end
fortnight()

Alias for fortnights

fortnights()
This method is also aliased as fortnight

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    # File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb, line 58
58:         def fortnights
59:           ActiveSupport::Duration.new(self * 2.weeks, [[:days, self * 14]])
60:         end
from_now(time = ::Time.now)

Alias for since

hour()

Alias for hours

hours()
This method is also aliased as hour

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    # File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb, line 43
43:         def hours
44:           ActiveSupport::Duration.new(self * 3600, [[:seconds, self * 3600]])
45:         end
minute()

Alias for minutes

minutes()
This method is also aliased as minute

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    # File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb, line 38
38:         def minutes
39:           ActiveSupport::Duration.new(self * 60, [[:seconds, self * 60]])
40:         end
second()

Alias for seconds

seconds()
This method is also aliased as second

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    # File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb, line 33
33:         def seconds
34:           ActiveSupport::Duration.new(self, [[:seconds, self]])
35:         end
since(time = ::Time.now)

Reads best with argument: 10.minutes.since(time)

This method is also aliased as from_now

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    # File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb, line 72
72:         def since(time = ::Time.now)
73:           time + self
74:         end
until(time = ::Time.now)

Alias for ago

week()

Alias for weeks

weeks()
This method is also aliased as week

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    # File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb, line 53
53:         def weeks
54:           ActiveSupport::Duration.new(self * 7.days, [[:days, self * 7]])
55:         end