Reads best without arguments: 10.minutes.ago

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb, line 65
def ago(time = ::Time.current)
  ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn "Calling #ago or #until on a number (e.g. 5.ago) is deprecated and will be removed in the future, use 5.seconds.ago instead"
  time - self
end

Enables the use of byte calculations and declarations, like 45.bytes + 2.6.megabytes

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/bytes.rb, line 10
def bytes
  self
end

Numbers are not duplicable:

3.duplicable? # => false
3.dup         # => TypeError: can't dup Fixnum

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/duplicable.rb, line 74
def duplicable?
  false
end

Used with the standard time durations, like 1.hour.in_milliseconds – so we can feed them to JavaScript functions like getTime().

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb, line 84
def in_milliseconds
  self * 1000
end

Enables the use of time calculations and declarations, like 45.minutes + 2.hours + 4.years.

These methods use Time#advance for precise date calculations when using #from_now, ago, etc. as well as adding or subtracting their results from a Time object. For example:

# equivalent to Time.current.advance(months: 1)
1.month.from_now

# equivalent to Time.current.advance(years: 2)
2.years.from_now

# equivalent to Time.current.advance(months: 4, years: 5)
(4.months + 5.years).from_now

While these methods provide precise calculation when used as in the examples above, care should be taken to note that this is not true if the result of `months', `years', etc is converted before use:

# equivalent to 30.days.to_i.from_now
1.month.to_i.from_now

# equivalent to 365.25.days.to_f.from_now
1.year.to_f.from_now

In such cases, Ruby's core Date and Time should be used for precision date and time arithmetic.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb, line 34
def seconds
  ActiveSupport::Duration.new(self, [[:seconds, self]])
end

Reads best with argument: 10.minutes.since(time)

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb, line 74
def since(time = ::Time.current)
  ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn "Calling #since or #from_now on a number (e.g. 5.since) is deprecated and will be removed in the future, use 5.seconds.since instead"
  time + self
end

Provides options for converting numbers into formatted strings. Options are provided for phone numbers, currency, percentage, precision, positional notation, file size and pretty printing.

Options

For details on which formats use which options, see ActiveSupport::NumberHelper

Examples

Phone Numbers:
5551234.to_s(:phone)                                     # => 555-1234
1235551234.to_s(:phone)                                  # => 123-555-1234
1235551234.to_s(:phone, area_code: true)                 # => (123) 555-1234
1235551234.to_s(:phone, delimiter: ' ')                  # => 123 555 1234
1235551234.to_s(:phone, area_code: true, extension: 555) # => (123) 555-1234 x 555
1235551234.to_s(:phone, country_code: 1)                 # => +1-123-555-1234
1235551234.to_s(:phone, country_code: 1, extension: 1343, delimiter: '.')
# => +1.123.555.1234 x 1343

Currency:
1234567890.50.to_s(:currency)                 # => $1,234,567,890.50
1234567890.506.to_s(:currency)                # => $1,234,567,890.51
1234567890.506.to_s(:currency, precision: 3)  # => $1,234,567,890.506
1234567890.506.to_s(:currency, locale: :fr)   # => 1 234 567 890,51 €
-1234567890.50.to_s(:currency, negative_format: '(%u%n)')
# => ($1,234,567,890.50)
1234567890.50.to_s(:currency, unit: '£', separator: ',', delimiter: '')
# => £1234567890,50
1234567890.50.to_s(:currency, unit: '£', separator: ',', delimiter: '', format: '%n %u')
# => 1234567890,50 £

Percentage:
100.to_s(:percentage)                                  # => 100.000%
100.to_s(:percentage, precision: 0)                    # => 100%
1000.to_s(:percentage, delimiter: '.', separator: ',') # => 1.000,000%
302.24398923423.to_s(:percentage, precision: 5)        # => 302.24399%
1000.to_s(:percentage, locale: :fr)                    # => 1 000,000%
100.to_s(:percentage, format: '%n  %')                 # => 100  %

Delimited:
12345678.to_s(:delimited)                     # => 12,345,678
12345678.05.to_s(:delimited)                  # => 12,345,678.05
12345678.to_s(:delimited, delimiter: '.')     # => 12.345.678
12345678.to_s(:delimited, delimiter: ',')     # => 12,345,678
12345678.05.to_s(:delimited, separator: ' ')  # => 12,345,678 05
12345678.05.to_s(:delimited, locale: :fr)     # => 12 345 678,05
98765432.98.to_s(:delimited, delimiter: ' ', separator: ',')
# => 98 765 432,98

Rounded:
111.2345.to_s(:rounded)                                      # => 111.235
111.2345.to_s(:rounded, precision: 2)                        # => 111.23
13.to_s(:rounded, precision: 5)                              # => 13.00000
389.32314.to_s(:rounded, precision: 0)                       # => 389
111.2345.to_s(:rounded, significant: true)                   # => 111
111.2345.to_s(:rounded, precision: 1, significant: true)     # => 100
13.to_s(:rounded, precision: 5, significant: true)           # => 13.000
111.234.to_s(:rounded, locale: :fr)                          # => 111,234
13.to_s(:rounded, precision: 5, significant: true, strip_insignificant_zeros: true)
# => 13
389.32314.to_s(:rounded, precision: 4, significant: true)    # => 389.3
1111.2345.to_s(:rounded, precision: 2, separator: ',', delimiter: '.')
# => 1.111,23

Human-friendly size in Bytes:
123.to_s(:human_size)                                   # => 123 Bytes
1234.to_s(:human_size)                                  # => 1.21 KB
12345.to_s(:human_size)                                 # => 12.1 KB
1234567.to_s(:human_size)                               # => 1.18 MB
1234567890.to_s(:human_size)                            # => 1.15 GB
1234567890123.to_s(:human_size)                         # => 1.12 TB
1234567.to_s(:human_size, precision: 2)                 # => 1.2 MB
483989.to_s(:human_size, precision: 2)                  # => 470 KB
1234567.to_s(:human_size, precision: 2, separator: ',') # => 1,2 MB
1234567890123.to_s(:human_size, precision: 5)           # => "1.1229 TB"
524288000.to_s(:human_size, precision: 5)               # => "500 MB"

Human-friendly format:
123.to_s(:human)                                       # => "123"
1234.to_s(:human)                                      # => "1.23 Thousand"
12345.to_s(:human)                                     # => "12.3 Thousand"
1234567.to_s(:human)                                   # => "1.23 Million"
1234567890.to_s(:human)                                # => "1.23 Billion"
1234567890123.to_s(:human)                             # => "1.23 Trillion"
1234567890123456.to_s(:human)                          # => "1.23 Quadrillion"
1234567890123456789.to_s(:human)                       # => "1230 Quadrillion"
489939.to_s(:human, precision: 2)                      # => "490 Thousand"
489939.to_s(:human, precision: 4)                      # => "489.9 Thousand"
1234567.to_s(:human, precision: 4,
                 significant: false)                   # => "1.2346 Million"
1234567.to_s(:human, precision: 1,
                 separator: ',',
                 significant: false)                   # => "1,2 Million"

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/conversions.rb, line 100
def to_formatted_s(format = :default, options = {})
  case format
  when :phone
    return ActiveSupport::NumberHelper.number_to_phone(self, options)
  when :currency
    return ActiveSupport::NumberHelper.number_to_currency(self, options)
  when :percentage
    return ActiveSupport::NumberHelper.number_to_percentage(self, options)
  when :delimited
    return ActiveSupport::NumberHelper.number_to_delimited(self, options)
  when :rounded
    return ActiveSupport::NumberHelper.number_to_rounded(self, options)
  when :human
    return ActiveSupport::NumberHelper.number_to_human(self, options)
  when :human_size
    return ActiveSupport::NumberHelper.number_to_human_size(self, options)
  else
    self.to_default_s
  end
end