Gem::Specification#date

date

lib/rubygems/specification.rb View on GitHub ↗

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.4.1/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1682
def date
  @date ||= Time.utc(*Gem.source_date_epoch.utc.to_a[3..5].reverse)
end

The date this gem was created.

If SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is set as an environment variable, use that to support reproducible builds; otherwise, default to the current UTC date.

Details on SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH: reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/

See also #date= #conflicts #cache_file #default_value also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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