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instance method

Time#getgm

() -> ::Time
getutc -> new_time

Returns a new Time object representing the value of self converted to the UTC timezone:

Example
local = Time.local(2000) # => 2000-01-01 00:00:00 -0600
local.utc?               # => false
utc = local.getutc       # => 2000-01-01 06:00:00 UTC
utc.utc?                 # => true
utc == local             # => true
See also #friday? #getlocal #floor #getutc also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0