I am trying to format some datetimes like this...2007, February the 9th, 6:30pm
I have the following which gets me part way there.
ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Time::Conversions::DATE_FORMATS.update(:my_date_format => "%Y, %d %B, %I:%M%p")
There are 2 problems 1. There is no "th" formatter so that I get 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc. 2. PM is in uppercase and I would prefer it in lower.
TIA
This question may be too hard for those here 
I understand that 1.ordinalize is '1st' (Edge) and 'PM'.downcase is 'pm' but I dont see how it can be applied to Conversions for my custom formatter.
Also the hours portion (%I) of the time format make 06 instead of 6, really, normal people just don't write 06:30
ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Time::Conversions::DATE_FORMATS.update(:my_date_format => “%Y, %d %B, %l:%M%P”)
That should do it.
Since the DATE_FORMATS are simple strftime() formatting specs, you can't just create that format. However, you can roll your own (even making it part of Time if you want) like this:
require 'rubygems' gem 'activesupport', ">=1.4" require 'active_support'
t = Time.now
class Time def my_time hr = hour % 12 hr = 12 if hr.zero? "%d, %s the %s, %d:%02d%s" % [ year, strftime("%B"), day.ordinalize, hr, min, strftime("%p").downcase ] end end
puts t puts t.my_time
-Rob
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