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

[Will Hennessey]

Hi Guys,

It's my first suggestion/post here so go easy on me :p 

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 :)

Will

[Andrew Kaspick]

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

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[Tom Prats]

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

[Will Hennessey]

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 :)

[Andrew Kaspick]

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