[Feature Request]Add updated_before, updated_after, created_before, created_after functions for ActiveRecord objects.

rubyonrails-core
1

Hi Guys,

It’s my first suggestion/post here so go easy on me :stuck_out_tongue:

So recently I’ve found myself writing scopes or functions like this:

class SomeModel < ActiveRecord::Base

scope :created_before, ->(timestamp) { where(‘created_at < ?’, timestamp) }

end

``

class SomeModel < ActiveRecord::Base

def self.updated_before(time)

where('updated_at < ?', time)

end

def self.updated_after(time)

where('updated_at > ?', time)

end

def self.updated_between(start_time, end_time)

updated_after(start_time).updated_before(end_time)

end

end

``

I would like to suggest the addition of these functions to ActiveRecord so all ActiveRecord Objects can inherit these functions (If time-stamps are enabled).

If this feature is something people are interested in, I’d love the opportunity to dev this as I want to contribute and give back to the Rails community.

Let me know what you guys think :slight_smile:

Will

2

Your updated_between can easily be accomplished by passing a date range to the where method. ie.start…start+1.day

3

Hey Will,

In Rails 5 all your models will inherit from ApplicationModel, which can then be the only place you’d need that code for all your models to use.

Thanks, Tom

4

Hey Tom,

Thanks for the suggestion, I’m currently using Rails 4.2.5 so I’m not familiar with Rails 5 and ApplicationModel.

I’ll look into upgrading to Rails 5 and implementing the idea in the ApplicationModel :slight_smile:

5

You can add an ApplicationModel to your rails 4 app as well. It’s just a new default base model in rails 5.