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
2025-11-09
:db
2025-11-09 20:49:46
20251109
:number
20251109204946
:time
20:49
09 Nov
:short
09 Nov 20:49
November 09, 2025
:long
November 09, 2025 20:49
November 9th, 2025
:long_ordinal
November 9th, 2025 20:49
09 Nov 2025
:rfc822
Sun, 09 Nov 2025 20:49:46 +0000
:iso8601
2025-11-09T20:49:46+0000
date source
time source
This code paraphrases the #to_formatted_s docs.
#to_formatted_s