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

Or you could just make your own columns (DateTime) and just manually set the created_at column when you create and set the updated_at column when you update. That might be easier than the hack above. That's what I'm gonna do. Better yet, update rails to allow us to change these names.