ActiveRecord::Timestamp

Active Record Timestamp

Active Record automatically timestamps create and update operations if the table has fields named created_at/created_on or updated_at/updated_on.

Timestamping can be turned off by setting:

config.active_record.record_timestamps = false

Timestamps are in UTC by default but you can use the local timezone by setting:

config.active_record.default_timezone = :local

Time Zone aware attributes

Active Record keeps all the datetime and time columns timezone aware. By default, these values are