Robb Shecter wrote:
> I put something like this in one of my helpers:
>
> def format_date(a_date)
> a_date.strftime("%B #{a_date.day}, %Y")
> end
>
> Should give you a starting point.
Personally, I like the pattern of having separate formatter classes, but
using view helpers isn't too bad. For example the Cocoa framework
provides NSDateFormatter and NSNumberFormatter. Java also has the
SimpleDateFormat class for this purpose. And, responsibility for I18n
can be delegated to the formatter classes as well.
I like this pattern because the view layer should be responsible for
formatting values for display. Since Date and Time are model objects
they really should not be responsible for formatting their own data.
But, I realize that opinions vary.
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