I have a table that has a date column price_to_start_on. I use a controller that gets data using the model, and renders to xml, the date comes out as yyyy_mm_dd format. I want the format to be yyyymmdd. How do I do this, is it in the model? or the controller? Ideally I would like it in the model, as it only has to be coded once. Thanks Andrew -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Andrew Cleland wrote:> I have a table that has a date column price_to_start_on. > > I use a controller that gets data using the model, and renders to xml, > the date comes out as yyyy_mm_dd format. I want the format to be > yyyymmdd. > > How do I do this, is it in the model? or the controller?Use the Time#strftime method to convert a date/time to a string using a custom format. Something like rec.price_to_start_on.strftime(''%Y%m%d'') should work for you. BTW, #strftime will cause an error if you call it on nil, so you might be better off checking for nil unless this column has a not-null constraint: rec.price_to_start_on && rec.price_to_start_on.strftime(''%Y%m%d'')> > Ideally I would like it in the model, as it only has to be coded once.I''d put it in the view (if you have one), otherwise in the controller -- since the format is related to the output, not to the underlying data (which is usually what the model is all about). You can''t guarantee that you''re not going to want it in a different format later on for some other purpose. Putting it into the controller/view won''t lock you into a format for all future uses.> > Thanks > > Andrew-- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Uhm, correct me if i''m wrong, cos i''m all new to RoR + Ruby
itself, but
i think you could add a method to your usermodel that converts the
date, like this:
class BlaBla < ActiveRecord::Base
...
...
def price_to_start_on_convdate
self.price_to_start_on.strftime("%Y%m%d")
#or like this? gotta learn proper Ruby, damn :-D
return self.price_to_start_on.strftime("%Y%m%d")
end
end
------
the in a view you could just use it like this:
<%= someObject.price_to_start_on_convdate %>
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Hope that helps
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I did add a method to the model as suggested. But I am not using views so have added the formatted date to the array of results. The data is then rendered as XML and is then available to my Flex application. Thanks for the help. Andrew Thorsten L wrote:> Uhm, correct me if i''m wrong, cos i''m all new to RoR + Ruby itself, but > i think you could add a method to your usermodel that converts the > date, like this: > > class BlaBla < ActiveRecord::Base > ... > ... > def price_to_start_on_convdate > self.price_to_start_on.strftime("%Y%m%d") > #or like this? gotta learn proper Ruby, damn :-D > return self.price_to_start_on.strftime("%Y%m%d") > end > > end > > ------ > the in a view you could just use it like this: > > <%= someObject.price_to_start_on_convdate %> > > ------ > Hope that helps-- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Is it correct to put that kind of thing in the model? I did that before with a date format - like Object#displaydate, and I was told that it was bad form - I should put it in a helper instead. Any thoughts on this? Andrew Cleland wrote:> I did add a method to the model as suggested. But I am not using views > so have added the formatted date to the array of results. The data is > then rendered as XML and is then available to my Flex application. > > Thanks for the help. > > Andrew > > Thorsten L wrote: > >> Uhm, correct me if i''m wrong, cos i''m all new to RoR + Ruby itself, but >> i think you could add a method to your usermodel that converts the >> date, like this: >> >> class BlaBla < ActiveRecord::Base >> ... >> ... >> def price_to_start_on_convdate >> self.price_to_start_on.strftime("%Y%m%d") >> #or like this? gotta learn proper Ruby, damn :-D >> return self.price_to_start_on.strftime("%Y%m%d") >> end >> >> end >> >> ------ >> the in a view you could just use it like this: >> >> <%= someObject.price_to_start_on_convdate %> >> >> ------ >> Hope that helps >> > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
i don''t really think there is a "wrong" or "right" for questions like this, it mainly is a matter of taste. both solutions would be DRY in my opinion, the model-way adds a method to your object while a helper would be something like this: <%= display_date(@yourobject.date) %> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---