module ApplicationHelper

Public Instance Methods

long_date(date) click to toggle source

Long date format

@param date [Date] the date object @return day date month year - hour:minutes AM/PM

# File lib/myrails/templates/rails/app/helpers/application_helper.rb, line 6
def long_date(date)
  date.strftime("%A %d %B %Y - %H:%M %p") rescue 'unknown'
end
medium_date(date) click to toggle source

Medium date format

@param date [Date] the date object @return month/date/year at hour:minutes AM/PM

# File lib/myrails/templates/rails/app/helpers/application_helper.rb, line 14
def medium_date(date)
  date.strftime("%m/%d/%Y at %H:%M %p") rescue 'unknown'
end
medium_date2(date) click to toggle source

Another style of medium date format

@param date [Date] the date object @return day/MONTH/YEAR Produces -> 18 October 2015

# File lib/myrails/templates/rails/app/helpers/application_helper.rb, line 23
def medium_date2(date)
  date.strftime("%d %B %Y") rescue 'unknown'
end
short_date(date) click to toggle source

Short date format

@param date [Date] the date object @return year-month-date

# File lib/myrails/templates/rails/app/helpers/application_helper.rb, line 31
def short_date(date)
  date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d") rescue 'unknown'
end
us_date(date) click to toggle source

US date format

@param date [Date] the date object @return year-month-date

# File lib/myrails/templates/rails/app/helpers/application_helper.rb, line 39
def us_date(date)
  date.strftime("%m/%d/%Y at %H:%M %p") rescue 'unknown'
end