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instance method

DateTime#second

second

static VALUE
d_lite_sec(VALUE self)
{
    get_d1(self);
    return INT2FIX(m_sec(dat));
}

Alias of #sec

Returns the second in range (0..59):

Example

DateTime.new(2001, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).sec # => 6

Date#second is an alias for Date#sec.

See also #sec #sec_fraction #second_fraction #strftime also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0