Ruby: convert int to time?

Question

We can do this:

i = Time.now.to_i 

for example current:

i = 1274335854

can I convert i back to time?

Answer 1

Check this page:

http://andrewkortina.blogspot.com/2007/02/how-to-convert-integer-time-stamp-to.html

Answer 2

Use Time.at:

t = Time.at(i)

Answer 3

time.to_i => int: Returns the value of time as an integer number of seconds since epoch.

Time.at(seconds[, microseconds]) => time: Creates a new time object with the given number of seconds (and optional microseconds) from epoch.

API links

• ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Time