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Apr 11 ’11
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Format a string from a Time object
If you only want to print the first day of the current month you can use the string formating method on a Time object:
> Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-1") "2011-04-1"
The method can be used to print date in almost any format:
> Time.now.strftime("%A %B %d or %a %e/%m") => "Monday April 11 or Mon 11/04"
Check out Time#strftime for a list of directives. Time is part of the core, so there is no need to require anything.
This tip was submitted by Aqab Bin Talal.
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