Time.zone.now.to_fs(:symbol)
Time.zone.now.to_formatted_s(:symbol)
pre-Rails 7
Time.zone.now.to_s(:symbol)
date
:symbol
time
2025-03-31
:db
2025-03-31 15:20:11
20250331
:number
20250331152011
:time
15:20
31 Mar
:short
31 Mar 15:20
March 31, 2025
:long
March 31, 2025 15:20
March 31st, 2025
:long_ordinal
March 31st, 2025 15:20
31 Mar 2025
:rfc822
Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:20:11 +0000
:iso8601
2025-03-31T15:20:11+0000
date source
time source
This code paraphrases the #to_formatted_s docs.
#to_formatted_s