Setting the datetime format in output

[JP Slavinsky]

Howdy - I want my representers to output datetimes in a specific format.  Is there a mechanism in representable/roar that is best suited for this?  If not, suggestions on the easiest (least code) way to make this happen?  I tried to go down a virtus/coercion path, but didn't have much luck.

Thanks, JP

[Nick Sutterer]

Hey JP,

override the reader method for that particular date property in your representer.

def created_at

  super.to_s("%format")

end

Nick

On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 11:40 AM, JP Slavinsky <j...@kindlinglabs.com> wrote:

Howdy - I want my representers to output datetimes in a specific format.  Is there a mechanism in representable/roar that is best suited for this?  If not, suggestions on the easiest (least code) way to make this happen?  I tried to go down a virtus/coercion path, but didn't have much luck.

Thanks, JP

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[JP Slavinsky]

Thanks Nick.

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[Nick Sutterer]

You're welcome, JP. 

[Nick Sutterer]

BTW, you can also override the :getter option, but I personally prefer using as less options as possible.

property :created_at, getter: -> { represented.created_at.to_s("...") }