Name of this month (Date.today.month as name)

Question

I\'m using Date.today.month to display the month number. Is there a command to get the month name, or do I need to make a case to get it?

Answer 1

For Ruby 1.9 I had to use:

Time.now.strftime("%B")

Answer 2

HTML Select month with I18n:

<select>
  <option value="">Choose month</option>
  <%= 1.upto(12).each do |month| %>
    <option value="<%= month %>"><%= I18n.t("date.month_names")[month] %></option>
  <% end %>
</select>

Answer 3

You can use strftime:

Date.today.strftime("%B") # -> November

http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/libdoc/date/rdoc/Date.html#strftime-method

Answer 4

You can also use I18n:

I18n.t("date.month_names") # [nil, "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"]
I18n.t("date.abbr_month_names") # [nil, "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"]
I18n.t("date.month_names")[Date.today.month] # "December"
I18n.t("date.abbr_month_names")[Date.today.month] # "Dec"

Answer 5

Date::MONTHNAMES[Date.today.month] would give you "January". (You may need to require 'date' first).

Answer 6

If you care about the locale, you should do this:

I18n.l(Time.current, format: "%B")