Renaming the created_at, updated_at columns of ActiveRecord/Rails

Question

I want to rename the timestamp columns defined in timestamp.rb . Can the methods of timestamp.rb be overwritten? And what has to be done in the application that the module w

Answer 1

You could use the beforesave and beforecreate methods to post the DateTime.now to your specified columns.

class Sample < ActiveRecord::Base
  before_create :set_time_stamps
  before_save :set_time_stamps

  private
  def set_time_stamps
    self.created_column = DateTime.now if self.new_record?
    self.updated_column = DateTime.now
  end
end