instance method
to_formatted_s
Ruby on Rails 3.0.20
Since v3.0.20Signature
to_formatted_s(format = :default)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}") }
Parameters
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formatopt = :default
Source
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb, line 44
def to_formatted_s(format = :default)
if formatter = DATE_FORMATS[format]
if formatter.respond_to?(:call)
formatter.call(self).to_s
else
strftime(formatter)
end
else
to_default_s
end
end
Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb line 44
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