From: Brian Neal <rbneal@...>
Date: 2006-10-24T12:45:01+09:00
Subject: Re: 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

Perhaps you mean something like this?

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

t = Time.new #or populate from some variable in your script
def t.to_s
  "Two minutes to midnight!" #your time parsing here
end

puts t.to_s
puts Time.new_to_s

Produces:

Two minutes to midnight
Mon Oct 23 23:42:49 -0400 2006

cheers,

Brian


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