gistfile1.rb

#  STRFTIME
#  %a - The abbreviated weekday name (``Sun'')
#  %A - The full  weekday  name (``Sunday'')
#  %b - The abbreviated month name (``Jan'')
#  %B - The full month name (``January'')
#  %c - The preferred local date and time representation
#  %d - Day of the month (01..31)
#  %e - Day of the month - no leading zero NOTE: need plugin for this to work in Win32
#  %H - Hour of the day, 24-hour clock (00..23)
#  %I - Hour of the day, 12-hour clock (01..12)
#  %i - Hour of day - no leading zero - NOTE: supposed to work w/ Win32 plugin - doesn't seem to
#  %j - Day of the year (001..366)
#  %m - Month of the year (01..12)
#  %M - Minute of the hour (00..59)
#  %p - Meridian indicator (``AM''  or  ``PM'')
#  %S - Second of the minute (00..60)
#  %U - Week number of the current year,
#       starting with the first Sunday as the first
#       day of the first week (00..53)
#  %W - Week number of the current year,
#       starting with the first Monday as the first
#       day of the first week (00..53)
#  %w - Day of the week (Sunday is 0, 0..6)
#  %x - Preferred representation for the date alone, no time
#  %X - Preferred representation for the time alone, no date
#  %y - Year without a century (00..99)
#  %Y - Year with century
#  %Z - Time zone name
#  %% - Literal ``%'' character
#  
# Some basic shorthand time formats
# Use TimeObject.to_s(:shortcut)
# Time object
Time::DATE_FORMATS[:time_on_day] = "%I:%M %p on %A, %B %e %Y"
Time::DATE_FORMATS[:date] = "%B %e, %Y"
Time::DATE_FORMATS[:dotted_date] = "%m.%e.%y"
Time::DATE_FORMATS[:time] = "%I:%M %p"
# Date object
Date::DATE_FORMATS[:date] = "%B %e, %Y"