#31 Formatting Time

May 14, 2007 | 5 minutes | Active Support, Views

Learn how to use the trusty strftime method to format a time, and see how Rails allows you to save this format for later use.

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          config/environment.rb
        
Time::DATE_FORMATS[:due_time] = "due on %B %d at %I:%M %p"

          rhtml
        
<%= task.due_at.to_s(:due_time) %>