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
2025-12-08
:db
2025-12-08 01:54:35
20251208
:number
20251208015435
:time
01:54
08 Dec
:short
08 Dec 01:54
December 08, 2025
:long
December 08, 2025 01:54
December 8th, 2025
:long_ordinal
December 8th, 2025 01:54
08 Dec 2025
:rfc822
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 01:54:35 +0000
:iso8601
2025-12-08T01:54:35+0000
date source
time source
This code paraphrases the #to_formatted_s docs.
#to_formatted_s