class ActiveSupport::Duration

1.month.ago # equivalent to Time.now.advance(months: -1)
Time#advance, respectively. It mainly supports the methods on Numeric.
Provides accurate date and time measurements using Date#advance and

def self.===(other) #:nodoc:

:nodoc:
def self.===(other) #:nodoc:
  other.is_a?(Duration)
rescue ::NoMethodError
  false
end

def +(other)

are treated as seconds.
Adds another Duration or a Numeric to this Duration. Numeric values
def +(other)
  if Duration === other
    Duration.new(value + other.value, @parts + other.parts)
  else
    Duration.new(value + other, @parts + [[:seconds, other]])
  end
end

def -(other)

values are treated as seconds.
Subtracts another Duration or a Numeric from this Duration. Numeric
def -(other)
  self + (-other)
end

def -@ #:nodoc:

:nodoc:
def -@ #:nodoc:
  Duration.new(-value, parts.map { |type,number| [type, -number] })
end

def ==(other)

same +value+, or if other == value.
Returns +true+ if +other+ is also a Duration instance with the
def ==(other)
  if Duration === other
    other.value == value
  else
    other == value
  end
end

def ===(other) #:nodoc:

:nodoc:
Remove it when we drop support for 2.0.0-p353.
For more information, check rails/rails#13055.
We define it as a workaround to Ruby 2.0.0-p353 bug.
def ===(other) #:nodoc:
  value === other
end

def ago(time = ::Time.current)

as this Duration represents.
Calculates a new Time or Date that is as far in the past
def ago(time = ::Time.current)
  sum(-1, time)
end

def as_json(options = nil) #:nodoc:

:nodoc:
def as_json(options = nil) #:nodoc:
  to_i
end

def eql?(other)

same parts as this one.
Returns +true+ if +other+ is also a Duration instance, which has the
def eql?(other)
  Duration === other && other.value.eql?(value)
end

def hash

def hash
  @value.hash
end

def initialize(value, parts) #:nodoc:

:nodoc:
def initialize(value, parts) #:nodoc:
  @value, @parts = value, parts
end

def inspect #:nodoc:

:nodoc:
def inspect #:nodoc:
  parts.
    reduce(::Hash.new(0)) { |h,(l,r)| h[l] += r; h }.
    sort_by {|unit,  _ | [:years, :months, :days, :minutes, :seconds].index(unit)}.
    map     {|unit, val| "#{val} #{val == 1 ? unit.to_s.chop : unit.to_s}"}.
    to_sentence(locale: ::I18n.default_locale)
end

def instance_of?(klass) # :nodoc:

:nodoc:
def instance_of?(klass) # :nodoc:
  Duration == klass || value.instance_of?(klass)
end

def is_a?(klass) #:nodoc:

:nodoc:
def is_a?(klass) #:nodoc:
  Duration == klass || value.is_a?(klass)
end

def method_missing(method, *args, &block) #:nodoc:

:nodoc:
def method_missing(method, *args, &block) #:nodoc:
  value.send(method, *args, &block)
end

def respond_to_missing?(method, include_private=false) #:nodoc

:nodoc
def respond_to_missing?(method, include_private=false) #:nodoc
  @value.respond_to?(method, include_private)
end

def since(time = ::Time.current)

as this Duration represents.
Calculates a new Time or Date that is as far in the future
def since(time = ::Time.current)
  sum(1, time)
end

def sum(sign, time = ::Time.current) #:nodoc:

:nodoc:
def sum(sign, time = ::Time.current) #:nodoc:
  parts.inject(time) do |t,(type,number)|
    if t.acts_like?(:time) || t.acts_like?(:date)
      if type == :seconds
        t.since(sign * number)
      else
        t.advance(type => sign * number)
      end
    else
      raise ::ArgumentError, "expected a time or date, got #{time.inspect}"
    end
  end
end

def to_i

date and time arithmetic.
Time[http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/time/rdoc/Time.html] should be used for precision
Date[http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/date/rdoc/Date.html] and
In such cases, Ruby's core

1.year.to_i # => 31557600
# equivalent to 365.25.days.to_i

1.month.to_i # => 2592000
# equivalent to 30.days.to_i

and years are 365.25 days:
duration of some periods, e.g. months are always 30 days
Note that this conversion makes some assumptions about the

1.day.to_i # => 86400
1.hour.to_i # => 3600
1.minute.to_i # => 60

Returns the number of seconds that this Duration represents.
def to_i
  @value.to_i
end

def to_s

def to_s
  @value.to_s
end