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instance method

Time#to_i

() -> ::Integer

to_i → integer

static VALUE
time_to_i(VALUE time)
{
    struct time_object *tobj;

    GetTimeval(time, tobj);
    return w2v(wdiv(tobj->timew, WINT2FIXWV(TIME_SCALE)));
}

Returns the value of self as integer Epoch seconds; subseconds are truncated (not rounded):

Example

Time.utc(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0).to_i         # => 0
Time.utc(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 999999).to_i # => 0
Time.utc(1950, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0).to_i         # => -631152000
Time.utc(1990, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0).to_i         # => 631152000

Related: Time#to_f Time#to_r.

See also #to_f #to_r #to_datetime #to_s also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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