--- strftime version 34 Sun Sep 10 16:52:34 +0000 2006
+++ strftime version 50 Fri Mar 21 20:47:36 +0000 2008
@@ -1,31 +1,36 @@
- %a - The abbreviated weekday name (``Sun'')
+%a - The abbreviated weekday name (``Sun'')
%A - The full weekday name (``Sunday'')
%b - The abbreviated month name (``Jan'')
%B - The full month name (``January'')
%c - The preferred local date and time representation
%d - Day of the month (01..31)
+ %e - Day of the month without leading zeroes (1..31)
%H - Hour of the day, 24-hour clock (00..23)
%I - Hour of the day, 12-hour clock (01..12)
%j - Day of the year (001..366)
+ %k - Hour of the day, 24-hour clock w/o leading zeroes ( 0..23)
+ %l - Hour of the day, 12-hour clock w/o leading zeroes ( 1..12)
%m - Month of the year (01..12)
%M - Minute of the hour (00..59)
%p - Meridian indicator (``AM'' or ``PM'')
+ %P - Meridian indicator (``am'' or ``pm'')
%S - Second of the minute (00..60)
%U - Week number of the current year,
starting with the first Sunday as the first
day of the first week (00..53)
%W - Week number of the current year,
starting with the first Monday as the first
day of the first week (00..53)
%w - Day of the week (Sunday is 0, 0..6)
%x - Preferred representation for the date alone, no time
%X - Preferred representation for the time alone, no date
%y - Year without a century (00..99)
%Y - Year with century
%Z - Time zone name
%% - Literal ``%'' character
t = Time.now
t.strftime("Printed on %m/%d/%Y") #=> "Printed on 04/09/2003"
t.strftime("at %I:%M%p") #=> "at 08:56AM"
+ t.strftime("%e %B, %Y") #=> "9 April, 2003"
