require 'active_support/inflector/methods' require 'active_support/core_ext/time/publicize_conversion_methods' require 'active_support/values/time_zone' class Time DATE_FORMATS = { :db => "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", :number => "%Y%m%d%H%M%S", :time => "%H:%M", :short => "%d %b %H:%M", :long => "%B %d, %Y %H:%M", :long_ordinal => lambda { |time| time.strftime("%B #{ActiveSupport::Inflector.ordinalize(time.day)}, %Y %H:%M") }, :rfc822 => lambda { |time| time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S #{time.formatted_offset(false)}") } } # Converts to a formatted string. See DATE_FORMATS for builtin formats. # # This method is aliased to to_s. # # time = Time.now # => Thu Jan 18 06:10:17 CST 2007 # # time.to_formatted_s(:time) # => "06:10" # time.to_s(:time) # => "06:10" # # time.to_formatted_s(:db) # => "2007-01-18 06:10:17" # time.to_formatted_s(:number) # => "20070118061017" # time.to_formatted_s(:short) # => "18 Jan 06:10" # time.to_formatted_s(:long) # => "January 18, 2007 06:10" # time.to_formatted_s(:long_ordinal) # => "January 18th, 2007 06:10" # time.to_formatted_s(:rfc822) # => "Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:10:17 -0600" # # == Adding your own time formats to +to_formatted_s+ # You can add your own formats to the Time::DATE_FORMATS hash. # Use the format name as the hash key and either a strftime string # or Proc instance that takes a time argument as the value. # # # config/initializers/time_formats.rb # Time::DATE_FORMATS[:month_and_year] = "%B %Y" # Time::DATE_FORMATS[:short_ordinal] = lambda { |time| time.strftime("%B #{time.day.ordinalize}") } def to_formatted_s(format = :default) if formatter = DATE_FORMATS[format] formatter.respond_to?(:call) ? formatter.call(self).to_s : strftime(formatter) else to_default_s end end alias_method :to_default_s, :to_s alias_method :to_s, :to_formatted_s # Returns the UTC offset as an +HH:MM formatted string. # # Time.local(2000).formatted_offset # => "-06:00" # Time.local(2000).formatted_offset(false) # => "-0600" def formatted_offset(colon = true, alternate_utc_string = nil) utc? && alternate_utc_string || ActiveSupport::TimeZone.seconds_to_utc_offset(utc_offset, colon) end # A method to keep Time, Date and DateTime instances interchangeable on conversions. # In this case, it simply returns +self+. def to_time self end unless method_defined?(:to_time) end