Get the name of the day from Time.now

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how can I get the name of the day from Time.now
Time.now.day is a number I would like to for example Mon...
thx

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misiek wrote:

how can I get the name of the day from Time.now
Time.now.day is a number I would like to for example Mon...
thx

Hi misiek,
you can use strftime.

For example:

t = Time.now
puts t.strftime("%a") #=> Mon
puts t.strftime("%A") #=> Monday

ri strftime, will give you the complete list of options.

Cheers,
Antonio

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Antonio Cangiano wrote:

misiek wrote:

how can I get the name of the day from Time.now
Time.now.day is a number I would like to for example Mon...
thx

Hi misiek,
you can use strftime.

For example:

t = Time.now
puts t.strftime("%a") #=> Mon
puts t.strftime("%A") #=> Monday

ri strftime, will give you the complete list of options.

Cheers,
Antonio

thank you it was super easy