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Handy method to get the current unix time stamp in Ruby. Unix time, or POSIX time, is a system for describing instants in time, defined as the number of seconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), Thursday, 1 January 1970.
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timestamp.rb
def timestamp
Time.now.to_i
end
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Works like a charm :) I've been using this for more than 4 years

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nnzo commented Aug 17, 2020

+1

This is perfect

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