Ruby | Date asctime() function

Date#asctime() is a Date class method which returns the string in asctime format. It is equivalent to strftime(‘%c’).the astronomical modified Julian day number.

Syntax: Date.asctime() Parameter: Date values Return: the string in asctime format. strftime(‘%c’).the astronomical modified Julian day number.

Example #1 :

Ruby 1=1

Output :

Date a : 2019-01-01

Date b : 2001-04-04

Date c : 2019-01-12



Date a asctime form : Tue Jan  1 00:00:00 2019

Date b asctime form : Wed Apr  4 00:00:00 2001

Date c asctime form : Sat Jan 12 00:00:00 2019

Example #2 :

Ruby

# Ruby code for Date.asctime() method

# loading date
require 'date'

# declaring Date
a = Date.parse('2019-01-01')

# declaring Date
b = Date.strptime('03-12-2019', '%d-%m-%Y')

# declaring Date
c = Date.commercial(2019, 5, 6)

# Date
puts "Date a : #{a}\n\n"
puts "Date b : #{b}\n\n"
puts "Date c : #{c}\n\n\n\n"


# asctime form
puts "Date a asctime form : #{a.asctime}\n\n"
puts "Date b asctime form : #{b.asctime}\n\n"
puts "Date c asctime form : #{c.asctime}\n\n"

Output :

Date a : 2019-01-01

Date b : 2019-12-03

Date c : 2019-02-02



Date a asctime form : Tue Jan  1 00:00:00 2019

Date b asctime form : Tue Dec  3 00:00:00 2019

Date c asctime form : Sat Feb  2 00:00:00 2019