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

In Rails 6.0 the instance method timestamp_attributes_for_create does not exist anymore. This method got pushed up onto the class method level and is now private

https://apidock.com/rails/v6.0.0/ActiveRecord/Timestamp/ClassMethods/timestamp_attributes_for_create

This change was introduced with this commit https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/77ff9a0adbd1318b45203a76c64561b115245603

You could still overwrite self.timestamp_attributes_for_create but I strongly suggest not to since the private API can be changed without further notice or bigger version bumps.

For Rails 6 I don't see a given "Rails way" to define custom created_at / updated_at columns.

I suggest following this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/18197702/924050