Elixir v1.3.2 DateTime

A datetime implementation with a time zone.

This datetime can be seen as an ephemeral snapshot of a datetime at a given timezone. For such purposes, it also includes both UTC and Standard offsets, as well as the zone abbreviation field used exclusively for formatting purposes.

Developers should avoid creating the DateTime struct directly and instead rely on the functions provided by this module as well as the ones in 3rd party calendar libraries.

Where are my functions?

You will notice this module only contains conversion functions as well as functions that work on UTC. This is because a proper DateTime implementation requires a TimeZone database which currently is not provided as part of Elixir.

Such may be addressed in upcoming versions, meanwhile, use 3rd party packages to provide DateTime building and similar functionality with time zone backing.

Summary

Functions

Converts the given Unix time to DateTime

Converts the given Unix time to DateTime

Converts a DateTime into a Date

Converts the given date time to ISO8601

Converts the given date time to a string according to its calendar

Converts a DateTime into Time

Converts the given DateTime to Unix time

Returns the current datetime in UTC

Types

t :: %DateTime{calendar: Calendar.calendar, day: Calendar.day, hour: Calendar.hour, microsecond: Calendar.microsecond, minute: Calendar.minute, month: Calendar.month, second: Calendar.second, std_offset: Calendar.std_offset, time_zone: Calendar.time_zone, utc_offset: Calendar.utc_offset, year: Calendar.year, zone_abbr: Calendar.zone_abbr}

Functions

from_unix(integer, unit \\ :seconds)

Specs

from_unix(non_neg_integer, :native | System.time_unit) :: {:ok, DateTime.t}

Converts the given Unix time to DateTime.

The integer can be given in different unit according to System.convert_time_unit/3 and it will be converted to microseconds internally.

Unix times are always in UTC and therefore the DateTime will be returned in UTC.

Examples

iex> DateTime.from_unix(1464096368)
{:ok, %DateTime{calendar: Calendar.ISO, day: 24, hour: 13, microsecond: {0, 0}, minute: 26,
                month: 5, second: 8, std_offset: 0, time_zone: "Etc/UTC", utc_offset: 0,
                year: 2016, zone_abbr: "UTC"}}

iex> DateTime.from_unix(1432560368868569, :microseconds)
{:ok, %DateTime{calendar: Calendar.ISO, day: 25, hour: 13, microsecond: {868569, 6}, minute: 26,
                month: 5, second: 8, std_offset: 0, time_zone: "Etc/UTC", utc_offset: 0,
                year: 2015, zone_abbr: "UTC"}}

The unit can also be an integer as in System.time_unit:

iex> DateTime.from_unix(1432560368868569, 1024)
{:ok, %DateTime{calendar: Calendar.ISO, day: 23, hour: 22, microsecond: {211914, 3}, minute: 53,
                month: 1, second: 43, std_offset: 0, time_zone: "Etc/UTC", utc_offset: 0,
                year: 46302, zone_abbr: "UTC"}}
from_unix!(integer, unit \\ :seconds)

Specs

from_unix!(non_neg_integer, :native | System.time_unit) :: DateTime.t

Converts the given Unix time to DateTime.

Examples

iex> DateTime.from_unix!(1464096368)
%DateTime{calendar: Calendar.ISO, day: 24, hour: 13, microsecond: {0, 0}, minute: 26,
          month: 5, second: 8, std_offset: 0, time_zone: "Etc/UTC", utc_offset: 0,
          year: 2016, zone_abbr: "UTC"}

iex> DateTime.from_unix!(1432560368868569, :microseconds)
%DateTime{calendar: Calendar.ISO, day: 25, hour: 13, microsecond: {868569, 6}, minute: 26,
          month: 5, second: 8, std_offset: 0, time_zone: "Etc/UTC", utc_offset: 0,
          year: 2015, zone_abbr: "UTC"}
precision_for_unit(unit)
to_date(date_time)

Converts a DateTime into a Date.

Because Date does not hold time nor timezone information, data will be lost during the conversion.

Examples

iex> dt = %DateTime{year: 2000, month: 2, day: 29, zone_abbr: "CET",
...>                hour: 23, minute: 0, second: 7, microsecond: {0, 0},
...>                utc_offset: 3600, std_offset: 0, time_zone: "Europe/Warsaw"}
iex> DateTime.to_date(dt)
~D[2000-02-29]
to_iso8601(dt)

Specs

to_iso8601(DateTime.t) :: String.t

Converts the given date time to ISO8601.

Only supports converting date times which are in the ISO calendar, attempting to convert date times from other calendars will raise.

WARNING: the ISO8601 does not contain the time zone nor its abbreviation, which means information is lost when converting to such format. This is also why this module does not provide a from_iso8601/1 function, as it is impossible to build a proper DateTime from only the information in the ISO8601 string.

Examples

iex> dt = %DateTime{year: 2000, month: 2, day: 29, zone_abbr: "CET",
...>                hour: 23, minute: 0, second: 7, microsecond: {0, 0},
...>                utc_offset: 3600, std_offset: 0, time_zone: "Europe/Warsaw"}
iex> DateTime.to_iso8601(dt)
"2000-02-29T23:00:07+01:00"

iex> dt = %DateTime{year: 2000, month: 2, day: 29, zone_abbr: "UTC",
...>                hour: 23, minute: 0, second: 7, microsecond: {0, 0},
...>                utc_offset: 0, std_offset: 0, time_zone: "Etc/UTC"}
iex> DateTime.to_iso8601(dt)
"2000-02-29T23:00:07Z"

iex> dt = %DateTime{year: 2000, month: 2, day: 29, zone_abbr: "AMT",
...>                hour: 23, minute: 0, second: 7, microsecond: {0, 0},
...>                utc_offset: -14400, std_offset: 0, time_zone: "America/Manaus"}
iex> DateTime.to_iso8601(dt)
"2000-02-29T23:00:07-04:00"
to_naive(date_time)

Converts a DateTime into a NaiveDateTime.

Because NaiveDateTime does not hold timezone information, any timezone related data will be lost during the conversion.

Examples

iex> dt = %DateTime{year: 2000, month: 2, day: 29, zone_abbr: "CET",
...>                hour: 23, minute: 0, second: 7, microsecond: {0, 1},
...>                utc_offset: 3600, std_offset: 0, time_zone: "Europe/Warsaw"}
iex> DateTime.to_naive(dt)
~N[2000-02-29 23:00:07.0]
to_string(dt)

Specs

to_string(DateTime.t) :: String.t

Converts the given date time to a string according to its calendar.

Examples

iex> dt = %DateTime{year: 2000, month: 2, day: 29, zone_abbr: "CET",
...>                hour: 23, minute: 0, second: 7, microsecond: {0, 0},
...>                utc_offset: 3600, std_offset: 0, time_zone: "Europe/Warsaw"}
iex> DateTime.to_string(dt)
"2000-02-29 23:00:07+01:00 CET Europe/Warsaw"

iex> dt = %DateTime{year: 2000, month: 2, day: 29, zone_abbr: "UTC",
...>                hour: 23, minute: 0, second: 7, microsecond: {0, 0},
...>                utc_offset: 0, std_offset: 0, time_zone: "Etc/UTC"}
iex> DateTime.to_string(dt)
"2000-02-29 23:00:07Z"

iex> dt = %DateTime{year: 2000, month: 2, day: 29, zone_abbr: "AMT",
...>                hour: 23, minute: 0, second: 7, microsecond: {0, 0},
...>                utc_offset: -14400, std_offset: 0, time_zone: "America/Manaus"}
iex> DateTime.to_string(dt)
"2000-02-29 23:00:07-04:00 AMT America/Manaus"
to_time(date_time)

Converts a DateTime into Time.

Because Time does not hold date nor timezone information, data will be lost during the conversion.

Examples

iex> dt = %DateTime{year: 2000, month: 2, day: 29, zone_abbr: "CET",
...>                hour: 23, minute: 0, second: 7, microsecond: {0, 1},
...>                utc_offset: 3600, std_offset: 0, time_zone: "Europe/Warsaw"}
iex> DateTime.to_time(dt)
~T[23:00:07.0]
to_unix(date_time, unit \\ :seconds)

Specs

to_unix(DateTime.t, System.time_unit) :: non_neg_integer

Converts the given DateTime to Unix time.

The DateTime is expected to be using the ISO calendar with a year greater than or equal to 1970.

It will return the integer with the given unit, according to System.convert_time_unit/3.

Examples

iex> 1464096368 |> DateTime.from_unix!() |> DateTime.to_unix()
1464096368

iex> dt = %DateTime{calendar: Calendar.ISO, day: 20, hour: 18, microsecond: {273806, 6},
...>                minute: 58, month: 11, second: 19, time_zone: "America/Montevideo",
...>                utc_offset: -10800, std_offset: 3600, year: 2014, zone_abbr: "UYST"}
iex> DateTime.to_unix(dt)
1416517099
utc_now()

Specs

utc_now :: DateTime.t

Returns the current datetime in UTC.

Examples

iex> datetime = DateTime.utc_now()
iex> datetime.time_zone
"Etc/UTC"