Name of this month (Date.today.month as name)

Question

I\'m using Date.today.month to display the month number. Is there a command to get the month name, or do I need to make a case to get it?

Answer 1

You can use strftime:

Date.today.strftime("%B") # -> November

http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/libdoc/date/rdoc/Date.html#strftime-method