Sho Fukamachi Online

I think this is the only way to do it.

>> Time.now.strftime("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S.#{Time.now.usec} %z")
=> "2008/08/20 01:22:28.367899 +0000"

At the microsecond level, it’s possible for Time.now to change mid-evaluation, so if you *really* care about timing you could freeze the time object first and read from that:

>> now = Time.now
=> Wed Aug 20 01:40:26 +0000 2008
>> now.strftime("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S.#{now.usec} %z %Z")
=> "2008/08/20 01:40:26.597940 +0000 UTC"

Happily, Time.parse will read that straight out of the box:

>> n = now.strftime("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S.#{now.usec} %z %Z")
=> "2008/08/20 01:40:26.597940 +0000 UTC"
>> Time.parse(n)
=> Wed Aug 20 01:40:26 +0000 2008
>> Time.parse(n).usec
=> 597940

Tags: rails, ruby

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