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Muhammed Bhikha
Muhammed Bhikha

Reputation: 4999

rails: default created_at field custom format

I have a table in rails which ive used the default for timestamps. For example in my applications table I have applicant.created_at to show when the application was submitted. However this shows the full format of both date and time.

Is there a way for me just to display the date only in dd/mm/yyyy format?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 782

Answers (1)

Leo Correa
Leo Correa

Reputation: 19789

There's a couple of great tutorials for formatting time.

http://railscasts.com/episodes/31-formatting-time

but what you are looking for is .strftime

t = Time.now
t.strftime("Printed on %m/%d/%Y")
puts t #=> "Printed on 11/14/2012"

http://strfti.me/

Upvotes: 1

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