TimeConstants

Time constants, in seconds, so you don't have to use slow ActiveSupport helpers.

== Usage

require 'time_constants'

You get toplevel constants from 0 to 100, except for days, which goes to 500.

T_1_SECOND T_2_SECONDS

T_1_MINUTE T_2_MINUTES

T_1_HOUR T_2_HOURS

T_1_DAY T_2_DAYS

T_1_WEEK T_2_WEEKS

T_1_MONTH T_2_MONTHS

T_1_YEAR T_2_YEARS

T_1_SOLAR_YEAR T_2_SOLAR_YEARS

Note that you do not need to refer to Time::.

== Benchmark

require 'time_constants' require 'active_support'

def benchmark(times = 100000, samples = 20) times = samples cur = Time.now result = times.times { yield } print "#{cur = (Time.now - cur) / samples.to_f } seconds" puts " (#{(cur / $last_benchmark 100).to_i - 100}% change)" rescue puts "" $last_benchmark = cur result end

benchmark { T_6_MONTHS } 0.03336355 seconds benchmark { 6.months.to_i } 1.65868245 seconds (4871% change)

== License

Copyright 2011 Twitter, Inc. Licensed under the Apache 2 license. See the included LICENSE file.