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Asked: 2026-05-27T11:47:04+00:00

I am trying to display this output, as a date: 1296524384 But when I

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I am trying to display this output, as a date:

1296524384

But when I call .to_date on it, I am getting this error:

undefined method `to_date' for 1296524384:Fixnum
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  1. Editorial Team

    You can just do:

    the_time = Time.at(1296524384)

    That gives you:

    2011-01-31 20:39:44 -0500

    By the way, 1296524384 is referred to as UNIX or epoch time. It measures the number of seconds elapsed since January 1, 1970.

    To format it a bit better, you can use Ruby’s strftime method. 

    the_time = Time.at(1296524384).strftime("The date is %m/%d/%Y")

    More info here: http://apidock.com/ruby/DateTime/strftime

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