class DateTime

def self.civil_from_format(utc_or_local, year, month=1, day=1, hour=0, min=0, sec=0)

# => Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000
DateTime.civil_from_format :local, 2012, 12, 17
# => Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0300
DateTime.civil_from_format :local, 2012

offset is zero.
Returns DateTime with local offset for given year if format is local else
def self.civil_from_format(utc_or_local, year, month=1, day=1, hour=0, min=0, sec=0)
  if utc_or_local.to_sym == :local
    offset = ::Time.local(year, month, day).utc_offset.to_r / 86400
  else
    offset = 0
  end
  civil(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, offset)
end

def <=>(other)

ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instances can be compared with a DateTime.
Layers additional behavior on DateTime#<=> so that Time and
def <=>(other)
  if other.kind_of?(Infinity)
    super
  elsif other.respond_to? :to_datetime
    super other.to_datetime
  else
    nil
  end
end

def acts_like_date?

Duck-types as a Date-like class. See Object#acts_like?.
def acts_like_date?
  true
end

def acts_like_time?

Duck-types as a Time-like class. See Object#acts_like?.
def acts_like_time?
  true
end

def advance(options)

:minutes, :seconds.
:months, :weeks, :days, :hours,
The +options+ parameter takes a hash with any of these keys: :years,
Uses Date to provide precise Time calculations for years, months, and days.
def advance(options)
  d = to_date.advance(options)
  datetime_advanced_by_date = change(:year => d.year, :month => d.month, :day => d.day)
  seconds_to_advance = \
    options.fetch(:seconds, 0) +
    options.fetch(:minutes, 0) * 60 +
    options.fetch(:hours, 0) * 3600
  if seconds_to_advance.zero?
    datetime_advanced_by_date
  else
    datetime_advanced_by_date.since seconds_to_advance
  end
end

def ago(seconds)

Do not use this method in combination with x.months, use months_ago instead!
Returns a new DateTime representing the time a number of seconds ago.
def ago(seconds)
  since(-seconds)
end

def as_json(options = nil) #:nodoc:

:nodoc:
def as_json(options = nil) #:nodoc:
  if ActiveSupport.use_standard_json_time_format
    xmlschema
  else
    strftime('%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S %z')
  end
end

def beginning_of_day

Returns a new DateTime representing the start of the day (0:00).
def beginning_of_day
  change(:hour => 0)
end

def beginning_of_hour

Returns a new DateTime representing the start of the hour (hh:00:00).
def beginning_of_hour
  change(:min => 0)
end

def beginning_of_minute

Returns a new DateTime representing the start of the minute (hh:mm:00).
def beginning_of_minute
  change(:sec => 0)
end

def change(options)

DateTime.new(2012, 8, 29, 22, 35, 0).change(year: 1981, hour: 0) # => DateTime.new(1981, 8, 29, 0, 0, 0)
DateTime.new(2012, 8, 29, 22, 35, 0).change(year: 1981, day: 1) # => DateTime.new(1981, 8, 1, 22, 35, 0)
DateTime.new(2012, 8, 29, 22, 35, 0).change(day: 1) # => DateTime.new(2012, 8, 1, 22, 35, 0)

:min, :sec, :offset, :start.
keys: :year, :month, :day, :hour,
then sec is set to 0. The +options+ parameter takes a hash with any of these
passed, then minute and sec is set to 0. If the hour and minute is passed,
:min, :sec) reset cascadingly, so if only the hour is
according to the +options+ parameter. The time options (:hour,
Returns a new DateTime where one or more of the elements have been changed
def change(options)
  ::DateTime.civil(
    options.fetch(:year, year),
    options.fetch(:month, month),
    options.fetch(:day, day),
    options.fetch(:hour, hour),
    options.fetch(:min, options[:hour] ? 0 : min),
    options.fetch(:sec, (options[:hour] || options[:min]) ? 0 : sec + sec_fraction),
    options.fetch(:offset, offset),
    options.fetch(:start, start)
  )
end

def current

Time.now.to_datetime.
config.time_zone are set, otherwise returns
Returns Time.zone.now.to_datetime when Time.zone or
def current
  ::Time.zone ? ::Time.zone.now.to_datetime : ::Time.now.to_datetime
end

def end_of_day

Returns a new DateTime representing the end of the day (23:59:59).
def end_of_day
  change(:hour => 23, :min => 59, :sec => 59)
end

def end_of_hour

Returns a new DateTime representing the end of the hour (hh:59:59).
def end_of_hour
  change(:min => 59, :sec => 59)
end

def end_of_minute

Returns a new DateTime representing the end of the minute (hh:mm:59).
def end_of_minute
  change(:sec => 59)
end

def formatted_offset(colon = true, alternate_utc_string = nil)

datetime.formatted_offset(false) # => "-0600"
datetime.formatted_offset # => "-06:00"
datetime = DateTime.civil(2000, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, Rational(-6, 24))
def formatted_offset(colon = true, alternate_utc_string = nil)
  utc? && alternate_utc_string || ActiveSupport::TimeZone.seconds_to_utc_offset(utc_offset, colon)
end

def future?

Tells whether the DateTime object's datetime lies in the future.
def future?
  self > ::DateTime.current
end

def in_time_zone(zone = ::Time.zone)

DateTime.new(2000).in_time_zone('Alaska') # => Fri, 31 Dec 1999 15:00:00 AKST -09:00

Time.zone.
as an argument, and the conversion will be based on that zone instead of
You can also pass in a TimeZone instance or string that identifies a TimeZone

as the local zone instead of the operating system's time zone.
This method is similar to Time#localtime, except that it uses Time.zone

DateTime.new(2000).in_time_zone # => Fri, 31 Dec 1999 14:00:00 HST -10:00
Time.zone = 'Hawaii' # => 'Hawaii'

Returns the simultaneous time in Time.zone.
def in_time_zone(zone = ::Time.zone)
  if zone
    ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone.new(utc? ? self : getutc, ::Time.find_zone!(zone))
  else
    self
  end
end

def local_offset

*DEPRECATED*: Use +DateTime.civil_from_format+ directly.
def local_offset
  ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn 'DateTime.local_offset is deprecated. Use DateTime.civil_from_format directly.'
  ::Time.local(2012).utc_offset.to_r / 86400
end

def nsec

Returns the fraction of a second as nanoseconds
def nsec
  (sec_fraction * 1_000_000_000).to_i
end

def offset_in_seconds

def offset_in_seconds
  (offset * 86400).to_i
end

def past?

Tells whether the DateTime object's datetime lies in the past.
def past?
  self < ::DateTime.current
end

def readable_inspect

Overrides the default inspect method with a human readable one, e.g., "Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:30:00 +0000".
def readable_inspect
  to_s(:rfc822)
end

def seconds_since_midnight

Seconds since midnight: DateTime.now.seconds_since_midnight.
def seconds_since_midnight
  sec + (min * 60) + (hour * 3600)
end

def seconds_since_unix_epoch

def seconds_since_unix_epoch
  (jd - 2440588) * 86400 - offset_in_seconds + seconds_since_midnight
end

def seconds_until_end_of_day

DateTime.new(2012, 8, 29, 23, 59, 59).seconds_until_end_of_day # => 0
DateTime.new(2012, 8, 29, 12, 34, 56).seconds_until_end_of_day # => 41103
DateTime.new(2012, 8, 29, 0, 0, 0).seconds_until_end_of_day # => 86399

Returns the number of seconds until 23:59:59.
def seconds_until_end_of_day
  end_of_day.to_i - to_i
end

def since(seconds)

months_since instead!
instance time. Do not use this method in combination with x.months, use
Returns a new DateTime representing the time a number of seconds since the
def since(seconds)
  self + Rational(seconds.round, 86400)
end

def to_f

Converts +self+ to a floating-point number of seconds since the Unix epoch.
def to_f
  seconds_since_unix_epoch.to_f
end

def to_formatted_s(format = :default)

Time::DATE_FORMATS[:short_ordinal] = lambda { |time| time.strftime("%B #{time.day.ordinalize}") }
Time::DATE_FORMATS[:month_and_year] = '%B %Y'
# config/initializers/time_formats.rb

datetime argument as the value.
either a strftime string or Proc instance that takes a time or
Time::DATE_FORMATS hash. Use the format name as the hash key and
DateTime formats are shared with Time. You can add your own to the
== Adding your own datetime formats to to_formatted_s

datetime.to_formatted_s(:rfc822) # => "Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000"
datetime.to_formatted_s(:long_ordinal) # => "December 4th, 2007 00:00"
datetime.to_formatted_s(:long) # => "December 04, 2007 00:00"
datetime.to_formatted_s(:short) # => "04 Dec 00:00"
datetime.to_s(:number) # => "20071204000000"
datetime.to_s(:db) # => "2007-12-04 00:00:00"
datetime.to_formatted_s(:db) # => "2007-12-04 00:00:00"

datetime = DateTime.civil(2007, 12, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0) # => Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000
=== Examples

This method is aliased to to_s.

Convert to a formatted string. See Time::DATE_FORMATS for predefined formats.
def to_formatted_s(format = :default)
  if formatter = ::Time::DATE_FORMATS[format]
    formatter.respond_to?(:call) ? formatter.call(self).to_s : strftime(formatter)
  else
    to_default_s
  end
end

def to_i

Converts +self+ to an integer number of seconds since the Unix epoch.
def to_i
  seconds_since_unix_epoch.to_i
end

def usec

Returns the fraction of a second as microseconds
def usec
  (sec_fraction * 1_000_000).to_i
end

def utc

DateTime.civil(2005, 2, 21, 10, 11, 12, Rational(-6, 24)).utc # => Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:11:12 +0000
DateTime.civil(2005, 2, 21, 10, 11, 12, Rational(-6, 24)) # => Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:11:12 -0600

Adjusts DateTime to UTC by adding its offset value; offset is set to 0.
def utc
  new_offset(0)
end

def utc?

Returns +true+ if offset == 0.
def utc?
  offset == 0
end

def utc_offset

Returns the offset value in seconds.
def utc_offset
  (offset * 86400).to_i
end