instance method
to_fs
Ruby on Rails 7.0.10
Since v7.0.10Signature
to_fs(format = :default)Converts to a formatted string. See DATE_FORMATS for built-in formats.
This method is aliased to to_formatted_s.
time = Time.now # => 2007-01-18 06:10:17 -06:00 time.to_fs(:time) # => "06:10" time.to_formatted_s(:time) # => "06:10" time.to_fs(:db) # => "2007-01-18 06:10:17" time.to_fs(:number) # => "20070118061017" time.to_fs(:short) # => "18 Jan 06:10" time.to_fs(:long) # => "January 18, 2007 06:10" time.to_fs(:long_ordinal) # => "January 18th, 2007 06:10" time.to_fs(:rfc822) # => "Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:10:17 -0600" time.to_fs(:iso8601) # => "2007-01-18T06:10:17-06:00"
Adding your own time formats to to_fs
You can add your own formats to the Time::DATE_FORMATS hash. Use the format name as the hash key and either a strftime string or Proc instance that takes a time argument as the value.
# config/initializers/time_formats.rb Time::DATE_FORMATS[:month_and_year] = '%B %Y' Time::DATE_FORMATS[:short_ordinal] = ->(time) { time.strftime("%B #{time.day.ordinalize}") }
Parameters
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formatopt = :default
Source
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/conversions.rb, line 53
def to_fs(format = :default)
if formatter = DATE_FORMATS[format]
formatter.respond_to?(:call) ? formatter.call(self).to_s : strftime(formatter)
else
# Change to `to_s` when deprecation is gone. Also deprecate `to_default_s`.
to_default_s
end
end
Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/conversions.rb line 53
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