Would calling 3.am or 1130.pm be a useful way of getting a Time object?

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Would "am" and "pm" be convenient and useful methods that Rails should stick on top of the Numeric class?

So instead of calling Time.parse("23:30") to get a Time object at 11:30 PM, you could do 1130.pm instead.

Just trying to get an opinion before I create a patch, unit tests, etc and try and convince someone to notice :slight_smile:

Here are the methods if anyone wants to use them:

http://code.inklingmarkets.com/journal/2007/2/7/an-easy-way-to-have-a-time-in-ruby.html

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That's actually pretty cool! I've never even thought of that. I'd probably use it a few times, especially when doing scheduling of things. It would make it easier to think about at least. :slight_smile:

--Jeremy

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I think it’s a very useful idea. It follows the same concepts already in place with dates.

Consider it noticed. :slight_smile: