Ruby | Time to_s function

Time#to_s() : to_s() is a Time class method which returns the string representation of the time.

Syntax: Time.to_s()

Parameter: Time values

Return: the string representation of the time.

Example #1 :

# Ruby code for Time.to_s() method

# loading library
require 'time'

# declaring time
a = Time.new(2019)

# declaring time
b = Time.new(2019, 10)

# declaring time
c = Time.new(2019, 12, 31)

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


# to_s form
puts "Time a to_s form : #{a.to_s}\n\n"
puts "Time b to_s form : #{b.to_s}\n\n"
puts "Time c to_s form : #{c.to_s}\n\n"

Output :

Time a : 2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0100

Time b : 2019-10-01 00:00:00 +0200

Time c : 2019-12-31 00:00:00 +0100



Time a to_s form : 2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0100

Time b to_s form : 2019-10-01 00:00:00 +0200

Time c to_s form : 2019-12-31 00:00:00 +0100

Example #2 :

# Ruby code for Time.to_s() method

# loading library
require 'time'

# declaring time
a = Time.now

# declaring time
b = Time.new(1000, 10, 10)

# declaring time
c = Time.new(2020, 12)

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


# to_s form
puts "Time a to_s form : #{a.to_s}\n\n"
puts "Time b to_s form : #{b.to_s}\n\n"
puts "Time c to_s form : #{c.to_s}\n\n"

Output :

Time a : 2019-08-27 05:37:34 +0200

Time b : 1000-10-10 00:00:00 +0053

Time c : 2020-12-01 00:00:00 +0100



Time a to_s form : 2019-08-27 05:37:34 +0200

Time b to_s form : 1000-10-10 00:00:00 +0053

Time c to_s form : 2020-12-01 00:00:00 +0100