How do you format Rails timestamps in a more human-readable format? If I simply print out created_at or updated_at in my view like this:
<% @created = scenario.created_at %>
Then I will get:
2009-03-27 23:53:38 UTC
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A:
This post may point you in the right direction... Lots of samples dealing with default time format, format strings, etc.
Andrew Flanagan
2009-03-29 00:08:54
A:
The strftime (from Ruby's Time) and to_formatted_s (from Rails' ActiveSupport) functions should be able to handle all of your time-formatting needs.
Greg Campbell
2009-03-29 01:42:06
Thanks for that. But it seems to only work in the console and not in my Rails views.
alamodey
2009-03-29 02:52:55
Can you give a fuller example of the code you're using in the view? It appears to work as expected in my view tests. Where/how are you displaying @created?
Greg Campbell
2009-03-29 15:03:10