strftime

time.strftime( aString) à aString

                             Formats time according to the directives in the given format string.

                             Any text not listed as a directive will be passed through to the output

                             string.

                             t = Time.now

t.strftime ("Printed on %m/%d/%Y")  >> "Printed on 11/25/2001"

                             t.strftime("at %I: %M%p") >> "at 11:50PM"

	Time#strftime_directives TABLE
	Format Meaning
%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)
%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)
%m	Month of the year (01..12)
%M	Minute of the hour (00..59)
%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