From: Sven Schott <sven.schott@...>
Date: 2009-11-19T12:31:07+09:00
Subject: Re: getting a timestamp

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Don't know if this is what you're looking for but whenever I need a
serial-style timestamp (like for a filename). I just do this:

Time.now.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Reid Thompson <reid.thompson@ateb.com>wrote:

> jp wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to get a timestamp from a Date object. What is the best
>> aproach for this?
>>
>> thank you
>>
>>  I think you want a DateTime or Time object, I believe a Date object only
> represents a date, not a date and time unless perhaps 'date at midnight'
> counts.
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