Added complete call-seq documentation for all 39 public methods in the Time class, improving documentation coverage from 0% to 100%. Documentation added includes: Class methods (6): - Time.now: Get current system time - Time.at: Create time from epoch seconds - Time.gm/utc: Create UTC time from components - Time.local/mktime: Create local time from components Instance methods (33): - Arithmetic: +, -, <=> for time calculations and comparisons - Accessors: year, month, day, hour, min, sec, usec, wday, yday - Timezone: zone, utc, localtime, getutc, getlocal, utc?, gmt?, dst? - Conversion: to_i, to_f, to_s, inspect, asctime, ctime, hash - Initialization: new, initialize_copy - Weekday helpers: sunday?, monday?, tuesday?, wednesday?, thursday?, friday?, saturday? Each method now includes: - Clear method signatures with parameter and return types - Detailed descriptions of time handling behavior - Practical examples showing common usage patterns - Notes about timezone handling and precision - Consistent formatting following mruby documentation standards This represents a major improvement in maintainability and usability of time functionality for developers working with date/time operations in embedded Ruby environments. The Time class is now fully documented with comprehensive examples covering all aspects of time manipulation. Co-authored-by: Atlassian Rovo Dev
mruby-time
mruby-time is an mrbgem that provides a Time class for mruby, offering functionalities for time manipulation and representation. It is designed to be largely compatible with the Time class found in standard Ruby, following the ISO Ruby Time class specification.
Purpose
The primary purpose of mruby-time is to enable mruby applications to:
- Work with specific points in time.
- Handle timezones, primarily UTC and the local system timezone.
- Perform time arithmetic.
- Format time information into human-readable strings.
Functionality
Creating Time Objects
You can create Time objects in several ways:
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Time.now: Returns aTimeobject representing the current time based on the system's clock.t = Time.now -
Time.at(seconds_with_fraction): Creates aTimeobject for the timeseconds_with_fractionsince the Epoch (January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC). You can provide seconds as an integer or a float for sub-second precision.t1 = Time.at(1678886400) # Integer seconds t2 = Time.at(1678886400.5) # Seconds with microseconds -
Time.local(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, usec)(orTime.mktime): Creates aTimeobject from the given components in the local timezone. Arguments beyondyearare optional and default to minimum values (e.g., month 1, day 1, hour 0, etc.).t = Time.local(2023, 3, 15, 12, 30, 0) # March 15, 2023, 12:30:00 local time -
Time.gm(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, usec)(orTime.utc): Creates aTimeobject from the given components in UTC. Arguments are optional similar toTime.local.t = Time.gm(2023, 3, 15, 12, 30, 0) # March 15, 2023, 12:30:00 UTC
Getting Time Components
Once you have a Time object, you can extract its components:
t.year: Returns the year.t.month(ort.mon): Returns the month of the year (1-12).t.day(ort.mday): Returns the day of the month (1-31).t.hour: Returns the hour of the day (0-23).t.min: Returns the minute of the hour (0-59).t.sec: Returns the second of the minute (0-59).t.usec: Returns the microsecond of the second (0-999999).t.wday: Returns the day of the week (0 for Sunday, 1 for Monday, ..., 6 for Saturday).t.yday: Returns the day of the year (1-366).t.zone: Returns the timezone name ("UTC" or local timezone offset like "+0900").
Timezone Conversions
t.utc?(ort.gmt?): Returnstrueif theTimeobject is in UTC.t.utc(ort.gmtime): Converts theTimeobject to UTC and returnsself.t.getutc(ort.getgm): Returns a newTimeobject representing the same point in time ast, but in UTC.t.localtime: Converts theTimeobject to the local timezone and returnsself.t.getlocal: Returns a newTimeobject representing the same point in time ast, but in the local timezone.
Time Arithmetic
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Addition (
+): Adds a duration (in seconds) to aTimeobject, returning a newTimeobject.t1 = Time.now t2 = t1 + 60 # 60 seconds later -
Subtraction (
-):- Subtracting a duration (in seconds) from a
Timeobject returns a newTimeobject. - Subtracting another
Timeobject returns the difference in seconds as a Float.
t1 = Time.now t_earlier = t1 - 3600 # One hour earlier t2 = Time.local(2023, 1, 1) t3 = Time.local(2023, 1, 2) difference_seconds = t3 - t2 # Returns 86400.0 - Subtracting a duration (in seconds) from a
Formatting Time
t.to_s: Returns a string representation of the time (e.g., "2023-03-15 10:30:00 +0000"). The format may vary slightly.t.inspect: Similar toto_s, provides a string representation.t.asctime(ort.ctime): Returns a canonical string representation (e.g., "Wed Mar 15 10:30:00 2023").t.to_i: Returns the number of seconds since the Epoch as an integer.t.to_f: Returns the number of seconds since the Epoch as a float (including microseconds).
Compatibility
mruby-time aims to be compatible with the standard Ruby Time class as defined by ISO/IEC 30170:2012 (Ruby Language Specification). However, due to the nature of embedded systems and the mruby environment, there might be minor differences or limitations, especially concerning timezone data complexity beyond UTC and local system time.
Refer to the source code and tests for detailed behavior.