In Perl you can do:
my $current_time = DateTime->now();
my $mdy = $current_time->mdy("/");
What's the easiest way to do this in Ruby?
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417answers:
2+1 However, note that `strftime` is available in Perl as well and http://search.cpan.org/perldoc/DateTime has a lot of functionality beyond the simple example here.
Sinan Ünür
2009-08-04 23:35:38
+1, though it sucks that "strftime" is such a terrible name.
Horace Loeb
2009-08-05 05:08:04
strftime is the name of the underlying C library that implements these format strings. It's the standard name across all languages for this particular date format.
mpeters
2009-08-05 13:34:31
@mpeters - Just because it's standard doesn't mean it's good. Naming `creat()` without the e at the end was just a terrible design mistake, and naming functions with names like `strftime()` is equally bad. We can see why it was done in the past, but here in the present it's horrible.
Chris Lutz
2009-12-28 09:07:07
+2
A:
I wrote a gem to help with formatting dates, and keeping your views DRY (not having to strftime every time you want to format dates).
Check it out at: http://github.com/platform45/easy_dates
Ryan
2009-12-28 08:59:58