Date format

Ruby
1

Hi
I have code
sd_ticket_end_date=Date.today
This gives 07/14/2008 00:00
How can I format this to 2008-07-14

Thanks in advance
Sijo

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]

sd_ticket_end_date=Date.today

This gives 07/14/2008 00:00

How can I format this to 2008-07-14

just convert it to string and you’ll get pleasant surprise :slight_smile:

irb(main):006:0> sd_ticket_end_date.to_s
=> “2008-07-14”

if you want more fancy, you can use #strftime

irb(main):007:0> sd_ticket_end_date.strftime “Date is %Y-%m-%d”
=> “Date is 2008-07-14”

just use the formatting as documented in time#strftime,

botp@botp-desktop:~$ qri time.strftime
---------------------------------------------------------- Time#strftime
time.strftime( string ) => string

 Formats time according to the directives in the given format
 string. Any text not listed as a directive will be passed through
 to the output string.

 Format meaning:

   %a - The abbreviated weekday name (``Sun'')
   %A - The  full  weekday  name (``Sunday'')
   %b - The abbreviated month name (``Jan'')
   %B - The  full  month  name (``January'')
   %c - The preferred local date and time representation
   %d - Day of the month (01..31)
   %H - Hour of the day, 24-hour clock (00..23)
   %I - Hour of the day, 12-hour clock (01..12)
   %j - Day of the year (001..366)
   %m - Month of the year (01..12)
   %M - Minute of the hour (00..59)
   %p - Meridian indicator (``AM''  or  ``PM'')
   %S - Second of the minute (00..60)
   %U - Week  number  of the current year,
           starting with the first Sunday as the first
           day of the first week (00..53)
   %W - Week  number  of the current year,
           starting with the first Monday as the first
           day of the first week (00..53)
   %w - Day of the week (Sunday is 0, 0..6)
   %x - Preferred representation for the date alone, no time
   %X - Preferred representation for the time alone, no date
   %y - Year without a century (00..99)
   %Y - Year with century
   %Z - Time zone name
   %% - Literal ``%'' character

    t = Time.now
    t.strftime("Printed on %m/%d/%Y")   #=> "Printed on 04/09/2003"
    t.strftime("at %I:%M%p")            #=> "at 08:56AM"

hth.
kind regards -botp

3

Hi
Thanks for the reply
Sijo

4

Hi
Could you please help this also…I have a string
sd_ticket_end_date= 15/01/2008
Then how can I format this to 01/15/2008

Sijo

5

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]

Could you please help this also…I have a string

sd_ticket_end_date= 15/01/2008

Then how can I format this to 01/15/2008

Hi Sijo,
if it’s a string, then treat it like a string,

irb(main):002:0> sd_ticket_end_date= “15/01/2008”
=> “15/01/2008”

irb(main):004:0> d,m,y=sd_ticket_end_date.split “/”
=> [“15”, “01”, “2008”]

irb(main):011:0> m+“/”+d+“/”+y
=> “01/15/2008”

or the fancy,

irb(main):009:0> [m,d,y].join “/”
=> “01/15/2008”

basically, just relax and play w ruby…

kind regards -botp

6

Raveendran J. wrote:

a=“15/01/2008”
x=a[0,2]
a[0,2]=a[3,2]
a[3,2]=x
puts a => 01/15/2008

or you could use a = a[3,3]+a[0,3]+a[6,4]

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Sijo Kg wrote:

Hi
Could you please help this also…I have a string
sd_ticket_end_date= 15/01/2008
Then how can I format this to 01/15/2008

Sijo

Example 1:

a=“15/01/2008”
x=a[0,2]
a[0,2]=a[3,2]
a[3,2]=x
puts a => 01/15/2008

Regards,
P.Raveendran