From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-07-02T00:34:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Time.to_s

Try Time#strftime
(string format time)
It is similar to the formatting found in other languages. You can  
define your own method and simply use part of this internally in you  
method:

def my_time_format(Time)
     Time.strftim(%D%M)
      ...other code...
end

It is really that simple.
On Jul 1, 2007, at 5:40 AM, Florian A�mann wrote:

> Hi Jonas,
>
> the Object.to_s method should not expect an argument since it is per
> default an alias for Object.name.
>
> If you want a custom time format you should overwrite the instance
> method. There are several ways to accomplish this. For example you
> derive from Time:
>
> class CustomTime < Time
>   def to_s
>     strftime 'Simon says: Do your %d sit-ups on every %A.'
>   end
> end
>
> HF
> Florian
>
>