Migration Naming Convention

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• Migrations should be named following this convention:: YYYYMMDDHHMMSSmigrationname.rb # UTC timestamp

• The latter part of the name (migration_name) should match the name of the Model class.

  class MigrationName < ActiveRecord::Base

• If you generate these files using the built-in Rails migration generator, it will follow these conventions for you.