From: Reg Exes Date: 2010-02-24T00:48:31+09:00 Subject: Re: Spreadsheet Date format It helps to read the documentation... :-) http://spreadsheet.rubyforge.org/GUIDE_txt.html Under "Date and DateTime" Reg Exes wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to use the Spreadsheet library to create a spreadsheet. > Since I'm rather new to Ruby, I'm running into problems. :-) > > Version --> spreadsheet (0.6.4.1) > > What I'm trying to do is set a "date" format in all the cells of a > column. I can't seem to find anywhere how to set the date though... > > I've tried to infer from http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/178230#new how > to do so... > > book = Spreadsheet::Workbook.new > sheet1 = book.create_worksheet > sheet1.name = 'test' > date_format = Spreadsheet::Format.new(:number_format => '??what goes > here??') > sheet1.format_column, date_format <-- this is syntactically wrong? > > or what is the correct way to set a date format? > > Any help would be appreciated! > > Regards > Brandon -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.