Document the behavior of the dup method: does not preserve timestamps

franckverrot · Nov 24, 2010 · e1e227c · e1e227c
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diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -1605,6 +1605,7 @@ def dup # :nodoc:
       # only, not its associations. The extent of a "deep" copy is application
       # specific and is therefore left to the application to implement according
       # to its need.
+      # The dup method does not preserve the timestamps (created|updated)_(at|on).
       def initialize_dup(other)
         cloned_attributes = other.clone_attributes(:read_attribute_before_type_cast)
         cloned_attributes.delete(self.class.primary_key)