How to getDate

time.strftime( string ) => string

            Formats time according to the directives in the given format string. Any text not listed as a directive will be passed through to the output string.

            Format meaning:

              %a - The abbreviated weekday name (``Sun'')               %A - The full weekday name (``Sunday'')               %b - The abbreviated month name (``Jan'')               %B - The full month name (``January'')               %c - The preferred local date and time representation               %d - Day of the month (01..31)               %H - Hour of the day, 24-hour clock (00..23)               %I - Hour of the day, 12-hour clock (01..12)               %j - Day of the year (001..366)               %m - Month of the year (01..12)               %M - Minute of the hour (00..59)               %p - Meridian indicator (``AM'' or ``PM'')               %S - Second of the minute (00..60)               %U - Week number of the current year,                       starting with the first Sunday as the first                       day of the first week (00..53)               %W - Week number of the current year,                       starting with the first Monday as the first                       day of the first week (00..53)               %w - Day of the week (Sunday is 0, 0..6)               %x - Preferred representation for the date alone, no time               %X - Preferred representation for the time alone, no date               %y - Year without a century (00..99)               %Y - Year with century               %Z - Time zone name               %% - Literal ``%'' character

               t = Time.now                t.strftime("Printed on %m/%d/%Y") #=> "Printed on 04/09/2003"                t.strftime("at %I:%M%p") #=> "at 08:56AM"