How to change created_at format

Question

This should be a simple thing. Well, Im sure it should be simple, this is rails.

The problem is: in the model all data has a field created_at. to retrieve this info in the view I use a block, where is a line t.created_at.

It shows me a result like 2015-04-12 11:04:44 UTC

Which method should I use to show this date as 2015-04-12? As I suppose it should be something like that: t.created_at.date_only

Could you help me?

score 38 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 12 '15 at 12:39

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You can read more about strftime here

t.created_at.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")

answered Apr 12 '15 at 12:39

Mihail Petkov

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score 16 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 13 '16 at 13:50

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And it can be done even easier way:

t.created_at.to_date

answered Aug 13 '16 at 13:50

Tsvetkova Maria

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sorry for asking simple questions, but : where do you put that ? in application_controller ? – thiebo Mar 01 '17 at 13:32

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 25 '19 at 16:03

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Or with locales:

// view:
<% @articles.each do |c| %>
    <%= l c.created_at.to_date, format: :short %>
<% end %>

answered May 25 '19 at 16:03

thiebo

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 03 '20 at 05:06

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Sometimes we resort to the following technique, but I don't recommend it

class ApplicationRecord < ActiveRecord::Base
  self.abstract_class = true

  def created_at
    attributes['created_at'].strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M")
  end
end

answered Sep 03 '20 at 05:06

Hany Moh.

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How to change created_at format

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