From: Justin Collins <collinsj@...>
Date: 2006-10-24T10:44:18+09:00
Subject: Re: [SPAM]  Override Time#to_s -- how?

Ben Winekur wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> I'd like to override the Time#to_s function to parse Time objects a 
> specific way -- how can I do this from within my script? (Without 
> modifying the Time class itself)
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>
>   

You mean output time objects a certain way?
Here's one:


class Time
  def to_s
    puts "Hi Time!"
  end
end

Then:
Time.now.to_s => "Hi!"


I'm not sure if that counts as modifying the Time class or not. You kind 
of have to do that to override the function, don't you?

-Justin