convert string to specific datetime format?

Question

String

\"2011-05-19 10:30:14\"

To

Thu May 19 10:30:14 UTC 2011

How can I convert specific string to this

Answer 1

No need to apply anything. Just add this code at the end of variable to which date is assigned. For example

   @todaydate = "2011-05-19 10:30:14"
   @todaytime.to_time.strftime('%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Z %Y')

You will get proper format as you like. You can check this at Rails Console

Loading development environment (Rails 3.0.4)
ruby-1.9.2-p136 :001 > todaytime = "2011-05-19 10:30:14"
 => "2011-05-19 10:30:14" 
ruby-1.9.2-p136 :002 > todaytime
 => "2011-05-19 10:30:14" 
ruby-1.9.2-p136 :003 > todaytime.to_time
 => 2011-05-19 10:30:14 UTC
ruby-1.9.2-p136 :008 > todaytime.to_time.strftime('%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Z %Y')
 => "Thu May 19 10:30:14 UTC 2011"

Try 'date_format' gem to show date in different format.