strftime(format, utc = Time.now.utc) — TZInfo::Timezone

strftime(format, utc = Time.now.utc)

Converts a time in UTC to local time and returns it as a string according to the given format. The formatting is identical to Time.strftime and DateTime.strftime, except %Z is replaced with the timezone abbreviation for the specified time (for example, EST or EDT).

Parameters

format req
utc opt = Time.now.utc

Source

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor/tzinfo-0.3.12/tzinfo/timezone.rb, line 448
    def strftime(format, utc = Time.now.utc)      
      period = period_for_utc(utc)
      local = period.to_local(utc)      
      local = Time.at(local).utc unless local.kind_of?(Time) || local.kind_of?(DateTime)
      abbreviation = period.abbreviation.to_s.gsub(/%/, '%%')
      
      format = format.gsub(/(.?)%Z/) do
        if $1 == '%'
          # return %%Z so the real strftime treats it as a literal %Z too
          '%%Z'
        else
          "#$1#{abbreviation}"
        end
      end
      
      local.strftime(format)
    end

Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor/tzinfo-0.3.12/tzinfo/timezone.rb line 448 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in TZInfo::Timezone

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