# Date format

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/date-format/127109>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 25, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/date-format/127109 "2008-01-25T01:10:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jimmypalmer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@jimmypalmer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimmypalmer)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/date-format/127109/1 "2008-01-25T01:10:29Z")

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looking for information on how to format a date.

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**Author:** ![jimmypalmer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@jimmypalmer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimmypalmer)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/date-format/127109/2 "2008-01-25T01:16:09Z")

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Jimmy P. wrote:

> looking for information on how to format a date.

use strftime

[http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Time.src/M000297.html](http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Time.src/M000297.html)

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**Author:** ![jimmypalmer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@jimmypalmer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimmypalmer)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/date-format/127109/3 "2008-01-25T02:47:48Z")

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[http://noobkit.com/show/ruby/ruby/standard-library/date/strftime.html](http://noobkit.com/show/ruby/ruby/standard-library/date/strftime.html)

On Jan 25, 2008 10:40 AM, Jimmy P.  
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wrote:

> ## looking for information on how to format a date.
> 
> Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/).
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–  
Ryan B.

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**Author:** ![jimmypalmer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@jimmypalmer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimmypalmer)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/date-format/127109/4 "2008-01-25T02:47:48Z")

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[www.ruby-doc.org/core](http://www.ruby-doc.org/core)

look up Date class (maybe Time) and strftime method.

Peace,  
Phillip