Formatting dates and times

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In Python, I do this to format date and time in a certain fashion.

  q = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d', time.localtime())
  r = time.strftime('%H:%M:%S', time.localtime())

I am formatting by YYYY-MM-DD and HH:MM:SS (I keep dashes between the YYYY MM DD and colons between HH MM SS.

How is this done in Ruby?

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Time.now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')

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See Time#strftime:

Time.new.strftime('%Y-%m-%d') -> "2006-03-14"

-- Daniel

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On Mar 14, 2006, at 1:28 AM, rtilley wrote:

In Python, I do this to format date and time in a certain fashion.

q = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d', time.localtime())
r = time.strftime('%H:%M:%S', time.localtime())

I am formatting by YYYY-MM-DD and HH:MM:SS (I keep dashes between the YYYY MM DD and colons between HH MM SS.

How is this done in Ruby?

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rtilley wrote:

In Python, I do this to format date and time in a certain fashion.

q = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d', time.localtime())
r = time.strftime('%H:%M:%S', time.localtime())

I am formatting by YYYY-MM-DD and HH:MM:SS (I keep dashes between the YYYY MM DD and colons between HH MM SS.

How is this done in Ruby?

ri Time#strftime

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zakak@fastmail.net wrote:

Time.now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')

Thanks... I came across the answer soon after posting. I should research more before posting!

Thanks again,
Brad