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
2025-12-28
:db
2025-12-28 19:12:27
20251228
:number
20251228191227
:time
19:12
28 Dec
:short
28 Dec 19:12
December 28, 2025
:long
December 28, 2025 19:12
December 28th, 2025
:long_ordinal
December 28th, 2025 19:12
28 Dec 2025
:rfc822
Sun, 28 Dec 2025 19:12:27 +0000
:iso8601
2025-12-28T19:12:27+0000
date source
time source
This code paraphrases the #to_formatted_s docs.
#to_formatted_s