Форматы времени и даты в рельсах:
Дата
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db:‘%Y-%m-%d’ 2008-08-20
long_ordinal:‘&proc’ August 20th, 2008
long:‘%B %e, %Y’ August 20, 2008
rfc822:‘%e %b %Y’ 20 Aug 2008
number:‘%Y%m%d’ 20080820
short:‘%e %b’ 20 Aug
DateTime
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db:‘%Y-%m-%d’ 2008-08-20 16:56:21
long_ordinal:‘&proc’ August 20th, 2008 16:56
long:‘%B %e, %Y’ August 20, 2008 16:56
rfc822:‘%e %b %Y’ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:56:21 -0600
number:‘%Y%m%d’ 20080820165621
short:‘%e %b’ 20 Aug 16:56
Время
====
db:‘%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S’ 2008-08-20 16:56:21
long_ordinal:‘&proc’ August 20th, 2008 16:56
long:‘%B %d, %Y %H:%M’ August 20, 2008 16:56
rfc822:‘%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z’ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:56:21 -0600
short:‘%d %b %H:%M’ 20 Aug 16:56
number:‘%Y%m%d%H%M%S’ 20080820165621
time:‘%H:%M’ 16:56
например:
<%= news.created_at.strftime("%B %d, %Y %H:%M") %>
Спасибо http://onrails.org/2008/08/20/what-are-all-the-rails-date-formats.html