method

to_f

v1_9_1_378 - Show latest stable - Class: Time

to_f()

public

Returns the value of time as a floating point number of seconds since the Epoch.

t = Time.now
"%10.5f" % t.to_f   #=> "1049896564.13654"
t.to_i              #=> 1049896564

Note that IEEE 754 double is not accurate enough to represent nanoseconds from the Epoch.

static VALUE
time_to_f(VALUE time)
{
    struct time_object *tobj;

    GetTimeval(time, tobj);
    return DBL2NUM((double)tobj->ts.tv_sec+(double)tobj->ts.tv_nsec/1e9);
}

to_f

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