What is time.to_a in Ruby?
Overview
The time.to_a attribute returns an array which contains ten elements when called on an object. Each element represents values for the particular time attribute.
It returns the values:
- sec: this is the time in seconds
- min: this is the minute of the time
- hour: this is the hour of the time
- day: this is the day of the time
- month: this is the month of the time
- year: this is the year of the time
- wday: this is the weekday value in integer.
- yday: this represents yearday value in integer.
- isdst: returns a Boolean value if time occurs during Daylight Saving Time in its time zone. zone: this is the time zone.
Syntax
timeObj.to_a
Syntax to Get all Values of a Time Object
Return value
This attribute returns an array of ten-elements that are values of time object timeObject.
Code example
# create time objecttime_object = Time.now # current time# get ten-element valuesputs "#{time_object.to_a}"
Explanation
- line 2: we created a time object using the
Time.nowobject. And this one we created is the time as of now or current system time. - line 5: we printed the results to the console.
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