Strftime of datetime

ruby-on-rails date strftime

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This should not be necessary, but as a workaround you could try this:

Time.at(
    Date.today.to_time.to_i + warning.notify_time_close.seconds
).strftime("%d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S")

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Twiddr

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Updated on June 04, 2022

Comments

Twiddr almost 2 years
I got the below code which I would like to convert to a string in a specific format. But I can't get it working.
```
Date.today + warning.notify_time_close.seconds
```
What I want to do is somethin like this but it doesn't work :)
```
(Date.today + warning.notify_time_close.seconds).strftime "%d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S"
```
I know its simple but just don't know how to do it :)

Thanks in advance!

Kenneth
- Max Williams over 13 years
  
  What does warning.notify_time_close return? If it's an int then the above should work. I'm guessing it isn't.
- Mischa over 13 years
  
  If you do Date.today + 3 it adds three days, not three seconds
- Twiddr over 13 years
  
  Its an int.. and it works in the console.. but im using it in an RSS builder.. It get this error: undefined method `strftime' for #<String:0x103432430>
Twiddr over 13 years

Doesn't work either.. :) Still gets an error: undefined method `strftime' for #<String:0x103629d38>
Mischa over 13 years

Well then warning.notify_time_close.seconds is a String somehow... what happens if you try warning.notify_time_close.seconds.to_i?
Twiddr over 13 years

Still the same.. Even get the error if i replace warning.notify_time_close with 100.. Its all going on in a feed.rss.builder file - could that be an issue?
Twiddr over 13 years

This one works: Date.today.to_time.strftime("%d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S").. But doesn't give me the right result..
Mischa over 13 years

I posted a workaround.. not sure why the stuff in the braces get converted to a String