Date format in RUBY

Question

Here in RUBY I need a Like this format

"February 1, 2011 11.00"

. I tried this one

"Time.now.utc.strftime("%B %d %Y %R")"

But I need to format the digits with the suffixes st, nd, rd, th, etc. Please suggest something.

Answer 1

If you specifically want to "February 1, 2011 11.00", you will need to add your own DATE_FORMATS and call it.

Time::DATE_FORMATS[:custom_ordinal] = lambda { |time| time.strftime("%B #{ActiveSupport::Inflector.ordinalize(time.day)} %Y %H.%M") }

puts Time.now.to_s(:custom_ordinal)
# February 28th 2011 02.12

If all you need is an ordinal date and "February 28, 2011 02:12" works, then Time.now.to_s (: long_ordinal) is called

Answer 2

Install gem activesupportand use the method ordinalize:

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