Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'devise_account_expireable'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install devise_account_expireable

1. Generate the migration

$ rails g devise_account_expireable`

2. Migrate

$ rake db:migrate

3. Add :account_expireable to the devise line of you account (User) model.

devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable, :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable, :account_expireable`

4. (Optional) Add a way through your admin panel of setting the attribute :expires_at to a date/time (DateTime) on the account (User) model.

If you want to expire User u1 now, without immediate persistence to DB:

u1.expire_now

If you want to expire User u1 now, with immediate persistence to DB:

u1.expire_now!

If you want to expire User u1 at a future DateTime (like DateTime.now.end_of_day), without immediate persistence to DB:

u1.expire_at DateTime.now.end_of_day

If you want to expire User u1 at a future DateTime (like DateTime.now.end_of_day), with immediate persistence to DB:

u1.expire_at! DateTime.now.end_of_day

If you want to unexpire User u1 now, without immediate persistence to DB:

u1.unexpire_now

If you want to unexpire User u1 now, with immediate persistence to DB:

u1.unexpire_now!

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request