Class: DateTime

Class | DateTime
In: | lib/active_support/core_ext/date_time.rb lib/active_support/json/encoders/date_time.rb
Parent: | Object

### Methods

as_json

### Included Modules

ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Time::Behavior ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Time::Zones ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::DateTime::Calculations ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::DateTime::Conversions

### Public Instance methods

as_json(options = nil)

Coerces the datetime to a string for JSON encoding.

ISO 8601 format is used if ActiveSupport::JSON::Encoding.use_standard_json_time_format is set.

#### Examples

      # With ActiveSupport::JSON::Encoding.use_standard_json_time_format = true
      DateTime.civil(2005,2,1,15,15,10).to_json
      # => "2005-02-01T15:15:10+00:00"

      # With ActiveSupport::JSON::Encoding.use_standard_json_time_format = false
      DateTime.civil(2005,2,1,15,15,10).to_json
      # => "2005/02/01 15:15:10 +0000"

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