How do I format datetime in rails?

Question

In my Rails view, I have the below code that displays a datetime.

<%= link_to timeslot.opening, [@place, timeslot] %> 

The result of this

Answer 1

to get the precise date formatting that you are looking for in your example use the following strftime format string "%-d/%-m/%y: %k:00 PST"

However, that may not be exactly what you want.Please clarify in your question (a) what you want to do with the time field (e.g. are you always wanting to display a time on the hour? X:00) and (b) are you always wanting to report PST times or do you want to print the actual timezone, or do you want to convert to PST??

Answer 2

For the format you have requested:

<%= link_to timeslot.opening.strftime(%d/%m/%y: %H:%M:%S %Z), [@place, timeslot] %>

More options available here:

http://rorguide.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/date-time-formats-in-ruby-on-rails.html

Answer 3

Use ruby's strftime() on dates/datetimes:

<%= link_to timeslot.opening.strftime("%Y %m %d"), [@place, timeslot] %>

Have a look at the documentation to find out how the formatting works.

Answer 4

You should use a helper for this.

If you want to convert from UTC to PST you can use the in_time_zone method

def convert_time(datetime)
  time = Time.parse(datetime).in_time_zone("Pacific Time (US & Canada)")
  time.strftime("%-d/%-m/%y: %H:%M %Z")
end

<%= link_to convert_time(timeslot.opening), [@place, timeslot] %>