How can I use US-style dates in Rails using Ruby 1.9?

Question

I\'m in the U.S., and we usually format dates as "month/day/year". I\'m trying to make sure that my Rails app, using Ruby 1.9, assumes this format everywhere, and

Answer 1

Gem: ruby-american_date

This gem was created since I asked this question. I'm now using it and have been pleased.

https://github.com/jeremyevans/ruby-american_date