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to_formatted_s
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to_formatted_s(format = :default)
public
Convert to a formatted string. See DATE_FORMATS for predefined formats.
This method is aliased to to_s.
Examples
date = Date.new(2007, 11, 10) # => Sat, 10 Nov 2007 date.to_formatted_s(:db) # => "2007-11-10" date.to_s(:db) # => "2007-11-10" date.to_formatted_s(:short) # => "10 Nov" date.to_formatted_s(:long) # => "November 10, 2007" date.to_formatted_s(:long_ordinal) # => "November 10th, 2007" date.to_formatted_s(:rfc822) # => "10 Nov 2007"
Adding your own time formats to to_formatted_s
You can add your own formats to the Date::DATE_FORMATS hash. Use the format name as the hash key and either a strftime string or Proc instance that takes a date argument as the value.
# config/initializers/time_formats.rb Date::DATE_FORMATS[:month_and_year] = "%B %Y" Date::DATE_FORMATS[:short_ordinal] = lambda { |date| date.strftime("%B #{date.day.ordinalize}") }