Question

so i create in my view:

<%=date=Date.today%>

How do i get the name of the month out of the date? I was trying to do sth like

 <%= DATE::ABBR_MONTHNAMES(date.month)%>    

But without success. I keep getting an error: uninitialized constant ActionView::Base::CompiledTemplates::MONTHNAMES

How do i initialise the constant or is there any other way to get the name out of the Date format?

would greatly appreciate any answers!

Answer 1

Ref this

<% @date = Date.today  %>  
<%= @date.strftime("%B")%>

if

@date >> Fri, 11 Jun 2010

then

@date.strftime("%B") >> "June"