Noob DateTime question

Rails
1

Hi,

I have a database column defined as datetime.
When i display <%= orders.orderdate %> in the view i get:

Thu Aug 16 12:22:53 +0100 2007

Which is as expected. What I would like though is to just display the
time portion of the column.

I think i need to convert the orders.orderdate to a time so i can do
something like: time.strftime(’%H:%M’) but i’m not sure!

Its such a simple thing, but its taking me ages to work out!

Thanks,

Mike

2

Hi, you can define an instance method on the Order model class that
returns
the time portion of the datetime field. For example,
def get_time
self.orderdate.strftime(’%H:%M’)
end

Now, self is referencing the current Order instance.

Good luck,

-Conrad

3

That would work, and you can also use the hour, min, sec methods in the
time class if you need them separately.
http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Time.html

Mike Rowlands wrote:

I think i need to convert the orders.orderdate to a time so i can do
something like: time.strftime(‘%H:%M’) but i’m not sure!

Its such a simple thing, but its taking me ages to work out!

Thanks,

Mike

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