method
to_s

to_s(format = :default)
public
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shadowfiend -
November 24, 2008 - (<= v2.2.1)
hosiawak -
August 17, 2009

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Full List of Supported Formats
With a sample date of December 25th, 2008, at 14:35:05:
:db # => 2008-12-25 14:35:05 :number # => 20081225143505 :time # => 14:35 :short # => 25 Dec 14:35 :long # => December 25, 2008 14:35 :long_ordinal # => December 25th, 2008 14:35 :rfc822 # => Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:35:05 +0000

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Time in fixtures
When creating fixtures you should use this method to set created_at/updated_at timestamps correctly:
eg:
This won’t work as expected (created_at/updated_at will be nil) a
one: episode: active1 play_id: 1 play_time: 20 country: United Kingdom created_at: <%= Time.parse('22:00 14 Aug 2009') %> updated_at: <%= Time.parse('22:00 14 Aug 2009') %>
but this will work as expected:
one: episode: active1 play_id: 1 play_time: 20 country: United Kingdom created_at: <%= Time.parse('22:00 14 Aug 2009').to_s(:db) %> updated_at: <%= Time.parse('22:00 14 Aug 2009').to_s(:db) %>