Active Record – Find records which were created_at before today

January 8, 2023 by Tarik

Using ActiveRecord the standard way:

MyModel.where("created_at < ?", 2.days.ago)

Using the underlying Arel interface:

MyModel.where(MyModel.arel_table[:created_at].lt(2.days.ago))

Using some thin layer over Arel:

MyModel.where(MyModel[:created_at] < 2.days.ago)

Using squeel:

MyModel.where { created_at < 2.days.ago }