On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Steve Root <[email protected]> wrote:
> If I save that to a regular string I get what looks correct to me: > "2010-07-20 11:49:19" > but saved in the entrycreated column it outputs as: "Sat Jan 01 > 11:49:19 UTC 2000" How are you trying to save this? As a string? >> bird = Bird.first => #<Bird id: 2, common_name: "hummingbird", species: "hoverus buzzus", migratory: true, created_at: "2010-03-05 21:08:36", updated_at: "2010-05-28 14:40:52", primary_food: "nectar", secondary_food: ""> >> whenever = bird.created_at => Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:08:36 UTC 00:00 >> whenever.class => ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone So not a *string* here... >> dt = DateTime.now => Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:12:54 -0700 >> bird.created_at = dt => Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:12:54 -0700 >> bird.save => true So maybe you want to convert your string to a DateTime object and save that? Just one possibility :-) -- Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ [email protected] twitter: @hassan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
