Bug #16445: Time#inspect shows a fractional number

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -
• ruby -v: ruby 2.7.0dev (2019-12-22T14:17:39Z master d339de9d1a) [x86_64-darwin18]
• Backport: 2.5: UNKNOWN, 2.6: UNKNOWN

[znz (Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA)]

Time#inspect shows a fractional number.

irb(main):001:0> Time.at(0.5)
=> 1970-01-01 09:00:00.5 +0900
irb(main):002:0> Time.at(0.1)
=> 1970-01-01 09:00:00 3602879701896397/36028797018963968 +0900

Is this intentional?

[matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)]

• Status changed from Open to Closed

This is intentional. There was no way to distinguish Time objects that differ in a fraction of a second.
The behavior of Time#to_s kept unchanged for compatibility.

Matz.

[znz (Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA)]

• Related to Feature #16470: Issue with nanoseconds in Time#inspect added