How to get the raw 'created_at' value in the database (not an object cast to an ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone)

Question

Imagine I have a Post Model.

and one record in the database will be:

23|title_here|content_here|2011-02-20 08:01:55.583222|2011-02-20 08:01:55.583         


        

Answer 1

Try

Post.find_by_id(23).created_at.to_s