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  • How to avoid automatically updating rails timestamp fields ?

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    If you have created_at and updated_at columns in the DB table. Rails will automatically set these values when you create and update a model object. There are chances that we have to update the columns without touching these columns.

    You can do this anywhere like in migration or in a rake task:

    ActiveRecord::Base.record_timestamps = false
    begin
      importing_data_code
    ensure
      ActiveRecord::Base.record_timestamps = true  # don't forget to enable it again!
    end
    

    You can safely set created_at and updated_at manually, Rails won't complain.

    Note: This can also work on the individual models, e.g.

    Person.record_timestamps = false
    

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