DateFormat

DateFormat is the gem used to access formatted datetime. The library take raw date as input and adds a method to give formatted date. By using same gem, user can find the date difference from start date to end date in different format like seconds, minutes, hours, days, months and years.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'date_format'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install date_format

Usage

Try this snippet of code on ruby irb

require 'date_format'
today_time = Time.now
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "GENERAL_DATE")                       # => 10/11/14 05:12:26 PM
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "LONG_DATE")                          # => Saturday, October 11, 2014
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "ISO_8601_FORMAT")                    # => 2014-10-11
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "MEDIUM_DATE")                        # => 11-Oct-2014
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "SHORT_DATE")                         # => 10/11/14 (mm/dd/yy)
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "LONG_TIME")                          # => 05:12:26 PM
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "MEDIUM_TIME")                        # => 17:12 PM
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "SHORT_TIME")                         # => 17:12
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "WEEK_OF_YEAR")                       # => 40
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "DAY_IN_MONTH")                       # => 11
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "JULIAN_DAY")                         # => 2014
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "ONLY_HOUR_IN_24HOUR_FORMAT")         # => 17
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "HOURS_IN_24HOUR_FORMAT")             # => 17:12
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "MINUTE_IN_HOUR")                     # => 12
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "ONLY_DATE")                          # => October 11, 2014
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "LONG_DATE_SHORT")                    # => Sat, October 11, 2014
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "ONLY_DATE_DEFAULT")                  # => 11/10/2014 (dd/mm/yy)
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "ONLY_DATE_SHORT")                    # => Oct 11, 2014
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "ONLY_DATE_SHORTEST")                 # => Sat, Oct 11, 2014
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "")                                   # => 11.10.14
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "ONLY_CURRENT_DATE_NUMBER")           # => 11
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "ONLY_CURRENT_DATE_ALPHABET")         # => Sat
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "ONLY_CURRENT_MONTH_NUMBER")          # => 10
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "ONLY_CURRENT_MONTH_ALPHABET")        # => Oct
puts DateFormat.change_to(today_time, "ONLY_CURRENT_YEAR_MONTH")            # => 201410
puts DateFormat.change_to("", "")                                           # => NA

# For Time Difference
start_date = Time.parse('2014-05-25 18:37:11')
DateFormat.time_difference(start_date, "PRESENT_DAY", "DAY_ONLY")
DateFormat.time_difference(start_date, "PRESENT_DAY", "HOUR_ONLY")
DateFormat.time_difference(start_date, "PRESENT_DAY", "MINUTE_ONLY")
DateFormat.time_difference(start_date, "PRESENT_DAY", "SECOND_ONLY")
DateFormat.time_difference(start_date, "", "DAY_ONLY")
DateFormat.time_difference(start_date, "", "HOUR_ONLY")
DateFormat.time_difference(start_date, "", "MINUTE_ONLY")
DateFormat.time_difference(start_date, "", "SECOND_ONLY")
DateFormat.time_difference(start_date, "AA", "HOUR_ONLY")
DateFormat.time_difference(start_date, "XX", "MINUTE_ONLY")
DateFormat.time_difference(start_date, "DD", "SECOND_ONLY")

Contributing

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/[my-github-username]/date_format/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request