Jay Fields' Thoughts: Ruby convert Time to Date

Ruby convert Time to Date

On more than one occasion I've needed to convert a Time object to a Date. Generally, I use the following code:

Date.parse(Time.now.strftime('%Y/%m/%d'))

I have two questions.

# posted by Jay Fields : 11:13 AM

[ general focus: Ruby - Ruby on Rails - Ruby Rake ]

Comments:

ActiveSupport implements Time#to_date. If you're not working on a Rails application, you could always borrow their implementation.

# posted by

Jeremy Voorhis : 12:48 PM

Perfect. Thanks.

# posted by

Jay Fields : 2:26 PM