Feature #18331
openKernel.#Time
Description
I remember that, once, Matz suggested a new literal notation for date/time, but he later withdrew it. It seems like introducing new syntax at this point is less realistic. But I believe that many people have wanted a simple way to create a date/time object.
I propose Kernel.Time
or Kernel#Time
, in much of the same way as Kernel.#Integer
, Kernel.#Float
, Kernel.#Complex
and others. It should take a string as the first required argument and some optional keyword arguments.
Time("2021-11-13T21:21:18.027294 +0900") # => 2021-11-13 21:21:18.027294 +0900
Time("2021-11-13 21:21:18.027294 +0900") # => 2021-11-13 21:21:18.027294 +0900
Time("foo", exception: false) # => nil
I leave out the specifics. There should be room for debate.
I wish the features nobu implemented in https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18033 for Time.new
can be carried over to Kernel.#Time
.
Updated by sawa (Tsuyoshi Sawada) almost 3 years ago
And I just found a Date
counterpart https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/13259, and said to myself, "there are people thinking similar things with me", but it happened to be myself.
Updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada) almost 3 years ago
- Related to Feature #18033: Time.new to parse a string added