How do you Convert a Time or Date to SQL formatted date?

Rails
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I am executing some arbitrary SQL in which i need to convert a date/time
object into an sql formatted string. Is there a simple way to do this
in rails?

Thanks
Chris

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Hello Chris,

I am executing some arbitrary SQL in which i need to convert a
date/time object into an sql formatted string. Is there a simple
way to do this in rails?

Try : my_date.to_s(:db)

РJean-Fran̤ois.

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Chris R. wrote:

I am executing some arbitrary SQL in which i need to convert a date/time
object into an sql formatted string. Is there a simple way to do this
in rails?

Thanks
Chris

try to do this
date_you_want =
“’”+dateTimeVar[“year”]+’-’+dateTimeVar[“month”]+’-’+dateTimeVar[“day”]+"’"

and then use it in the sentence.