string_formatted_date

A simple gem for easy date formatting! This gem adds a .formatted method to class Date which allows for easier date object formatting for strings.

##Installation:

gem install 'string_formatted_date'

##Use:

require 'string_formatted_date' require 'date'

some_date = DateTime.now.to_date => #<Date: 2013-10-18 ((2456584j,0s,0n),+0s,2299161j)>

some_date.formatted("YYYY") => "2013"

some_date.formatted("YYYY-DD-MM") => "2013-18-10"

some_date.formatted("YYYY-MM-DD") => "2013-10-18"

some_date.formatted("YYYYMMDD") => "20131018"

some_date.formatted("YYYY.MM.DD#{rand}, - MONTH") => "2013.10.180.5843377316882357, - OCTOBER" =>

some_date.formatted("YYYY,YY,MON.,Mon.,MONTH, Month, MM, DD, D") => "2013,13,OCT,Oct,OCTOBER, October, 10, 18, 18"