I am trying to take the input from a field in wich the user enters a
date, and formatting it to my time format
if params[:gotcha] != ''''
gotc = params[:date].to_a
gotc.strftime("%m/%d/%y")
end
Yet I get this error:
NoMethodError in AddController#add
undefined method `strftime? for ["00000"]
What''s wrong. I''m positive this method is defined.
What''s wrong with my
code? It''s so odd... Thanks for your help and time.
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Ben V. wrote:> I am trying to take the input from a field in wich the user enters a > date, and formatting it to my time format > if params[:gotcha] != '''' > gotc = params[:date].to_a > gotc.strftime("%m/%d/%y") > end > Yet I get this error: > NoMethodError in AddController#add > > undefined method `strftime? for ["00000"] > What''s wrong. I''m positive this method is defined. What''s wrong with my > code? It''s so odd... Thanks for your help and time.EDIT: it should not be .to_a. I removed that in a later version of the code -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Ben V. wrote:> Ben V. wrote: >> I am trying to take the input from a field in wich the user enters a >> date, and formatting it to my time format >> if params[:gotcha] != '''' >> gotc = params[:date].to_a >> gotc.strftime("%m/%d/%y") >> end >> Yet I get this error: >> NoMethodError in AddController#add >> >> undefined method `strftime? for ["00000"] >> What''s wrong. I''m positive this method is defined. What''s wrong with my >> code? It''s so odd... Thanks for your help and time. > > EDIT: it should not be .to_a. I removed that in a later version of the > codeI wish it would be possible to edit topics after they are posted, but unfortunatel y not. I forgot to mention that despite try to_a, to_s etc. and plain (no to_vartype) It is still not solved. Sorry for all the posts. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
On Friday, July 28, 2006, at 5:07 AM, Ben V. wrote:> I am trying to take the input from a field in wich the user enters a >date, and formatting it to my time format >if params[:gotcha] != '''' > gotc = params[:date].to_a > gotc.strftime("%m/%d/%y") >end >Yet I get this error: > NoMethodError in AddController#add > >undefined method `strftime? for ["00000"] >What''s wrong. I''m positive this method is defined. What''s wrong with my >code? It''s so odd... Thanks for your help and time. > >-- >Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. >_______________________________________________ >Rails mailing list >Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/railsIt''s failing because ''gotc'' is a String, and strftime works on date objects. _Kevin www.sciwerks.com -- Posted with http://DevLists.com. Sign up and save your mailbox.
> It''s failing because ''gotc'' is a String, and strftime works on date > objects. >Ok, so i tried this: gotc = params[:date].to_d gotc.strftime("%m/%d/%y") but now it''s saying that to_d doesn''t exist. If it helps, I''m using this within a controller. What would I do to succesfully convert to a date object and strftime() it? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Ben V. wrote:> >> It''s failing because ''gotc'' is a String, and strftime works on date >> objects. >> > Ok, so i tried this: > gotc = params[:date].to_d > gotc.strftime("%m/%d/%y")> but now it''s saying that to_d doesn''t exist.If it helps, I''m using this> within a controller. What would I do to succesfully convert to a date > object and strftime() it?ActiveSupport allows you to use gotc.to_date Hope it helps :] gustav@rails.co.za Gustav itsdEx.com -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> > ActiveSupport allows you to use gotc.to_date > > Hope it helps :] >Of course, how could I miss that; I thought it was to_d, but I guess the syntax is different for dates than it is strings and arrays. Thanks for your help. It''s working properly know. I''m new to Ruby/Rails from Coldfusion, and while the code is much more beautiful and easy, I don''t like that specific functions are restricted to certain datatypes and specfic parts of the application wheras in CF if it is in the manual you can use it prety much wherever, but overall, despite CF also being a pretty easy language, I have found Ruby to be much faster. Thanks, Ben -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.