Getting_current_date_and_time.md

Getting the current date and time in Ruby

The following is a simple example on getting the current date and time:

time1 = Time.new
puts "Current Time : " + time1.inspect

Time.now is a synonym:

time2 = Time.now
puts "Current Time : " + time2.inspect

This will produce the following result:

Current Time : Mon Jun 02 12:02:39 -0700 2008
Current Time : Mon Jun 02 12:02:39 -0700 2008

We can use the Time object to get various components of date and time. The following is an example showing the same:

time = Time.new

## Components of a Time
puts "Current Time : " + time.inspect

puts time.year    # => Year of the date

puts time.month   # => Month of the date (1 to 12)

puts time.day     # => Day of the date (1 to 31 )

puts time.wday    # => 0: Day of week: 0 is Sunday

puts time.yday    # => 365: Day of year

puts time.hour    # => 23: 24-hour clock

puts time.min     # => 59

puts time.sec     # => 59

puts time.usec    # => 999999: microseconds

puts time.zone    # => "UTC": timezone name