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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 14, 2007, 9:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/displaying-date-in-ror-rhtml-files/106804 "2007-06-14T09:41:10Z")\
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**Author:**  [@adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adistarmid)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 9:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/displaying-date-in-ror-rhtml-files/106804/1 "2007-06-14T09:41:10Z")
I know in PHP, it’s uses \ to display the current year.
How would I do it in an ROR’s .rthml file?
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**Author:**  [@adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adistarmid)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 9:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/displaying-date-in-ror-rhtml-files/106804/2 "2007-06-14T09:43:42Z")
\<%= Time.new().year %\>
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**Author:**  [@adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adistarmid)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 10:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/displaying-date-in-ror-rhtml-files/106804/3 "2007-06-14T10:05:21Z")
You’re the greatest. Thanks, Kates 🙂
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**Author:**  [@adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adistarmid)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 10:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/displaying-date-in-ror-rhtml-files/106804/4 "2007-06-14T10:47:52Z")
If you wanna use those strings you used in PHP to display the date in
some particular way -
[class Time - RDoc Documentation](http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Time.html#M000297).
On Jun 14, 10:05 am, Bob S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)