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How to make Time.now less precise?

I simply want to return a less precise, truncated version of Time.now.

When I run Time.now I get a very precise object 2014-10-02 14:49:47 -0400tim. I only want YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:MM.

How can I (temporarily) cast the precision of a Time.now return object?

Solution

  • strftime() allows you to provide a format string for your time object. A list of format flags can be found in the documentation

    Example from Docs:

    t = Time.new(2007,11,19,8,37,48,"-06:00") #=> 2007-11-19 08:37:48 -0600
t.strftime("Printed on %m/%d/%Y")   #=> "Printed on 11/19/2007"
t.strftime("at %I:%M%p")            #=> "at 08:37AM"

    Your Example:

    t.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %T")    #=> YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:MM.