Formatting Dates January 17th, 2008
Wrong:
<% time = Time.now %>
<%= Date.today.to_s.gsub('-','/') %> <%= "#{time.hour > 12 ? time.hour - 12 : time.hour}:#{time.min}" %>
Right:
<%= Time.now.strftime('%m/%d/%Y %I:%M') %>
Please learn and love Time#strftime