Ruby | Date ctime() Function

Date#ctime() is a Date class method which returns a string in asctime format and is equivalent to strftime(‘%c’).

Syntax: Date.ctime()

Parameter: Date values

Return: a string in asctime format and is equivalent to strftime(‘%c’).

Example #1 :

# Ruby code for Date.ctime() method

# loading date
require 'date'

# declaring Date
a = Date.new(2019, 1, 1)

# declaring Date
b = Date.jd(2452004)

# declaring Date
c = Date.ordinal(2019, 12)

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


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

Output :

Date a : 2019-01-01

Date b : 2001-04-04

Date c : 2019-01-12



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

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

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

Example #2 :

# Ruby code for Date.ctime() 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"


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

Output :

Date a : 2019-01-01

Date b : 2019-12-03

Date c : 2019-02-02



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

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

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