class Date
Public Instance Methods
formatted(format=:default)
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# File lib/merb-helpers/core_ext.rb, line 24 def formatted(format=:default) format = Date.formats[format] if format.nil? self.to_s else self.strftime(format) end end
to_date()
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# File lib/merb-helpers/core_ext.rb, line 22 def to_date; self; end
to_time(form = :utc)
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Converts a Date instance to a Time, where the time is set to the beginning of the day. The timezone can be either :local or :utc (default :utc).
Examples:¶ ↑
date = Date.new(2007, 11, 10) date.to_s # => 2007-11-10 date.to_time # => Sat Nov 10 00:00:00 UTC 2007 date.to_time(:utc) # => Sat Nov 10 00:00:00 UTC 2007 date.to_time(:local) # => Sat Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2007
# File lib/merb-helpers/core_ext.rb, line 18 def to_time(form = :utc) ::Time.send("#{form}", year, month, day) end