require 'time'
# Calculates the total number of seconds between two Time objects.
#
# @param start_time [Time] The starting date and time.
# @param end_time [Time] The ending date and time.
# @return [Float] The total number of seconds, including fractional seconds.
def get_seconds_between(start_time, end_time)
# Subtracting one Time object from another directly returns the difference in seconds as a Float
end_time - start_time
end
# --- Complete Program Demonstration ---
def main
# Define two Time instances in UTC (best practice for server and application consistency)
start_time = Time.utc(2026, 10, 27, 12, 0, 0)
end_time = Time.utc(2026, 10, 27, 12, 5, 30)
# Call the function to calculate the seconds between the two dates
total_seconds = get_seconds_between(start_time, end_time)
# Output the results to the console using ISO 8601 formatting
puts "Start Time: #{start_time.iso8601}"
puts "End Time: #{end_time.iso8601}"
puts "Total Seconds Between: #{total_seconds}"
end
# Execute the program
main()
# run:
#
# Start Time: 2026-10-27T12:00:00Z
# End Time: 2026-10-27T12:05:30Z
# Total Seconds Between: 330.0
#
