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How to return the subsecond of a Time object in Ruby
okwudili onyejiaku
Overview
We can use the subsec attribute to return the subsecond of a Time object in Ruby. Any Time object we create in Ruby has access to this attribute.
Syntax
time_object.subsec
Syntax to get subsecond of a Time object
Return value
The subsecond of the time_object is returned. The return value can also be a rational number.
Code example
# create time objects time_object_one = Time.now time_object_two = Time.new(2002) time_object_three = Time.new(1999, 10, 02) # get subseconds # and print results puts time_object_one.subsec puts time_object_two.subsec puts time_object_three.subsec
Code snippet to get subseconds of Time objects
Explanation
- Line 2–3: We create some
Timeobjects using the methodsTime.nowandTime.new(). - Line 8–10: We use the
subsecattribute on theTimeobjects we created and print their values to the console.
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