require 'date' require File.expand_path('../../../shared/time/strftime_for_date', __FILE__) describe "Date#strftime" do before :all do @new_date = lambda { |y,m,d| Date.civil(y,m,d) } @date = Date.civil(2000, 4, 9) end it_behaves_like :strftime_date, :strftime # Differences with Time it "should be able to print the date with no argument" do @date.strftime.should == "2000-04-09" @date.strftime.should == @date.to_s end # %Z is %:z for Date/DateTime it "should be able to show the timezone with a : separator" do @date.strftime("%Z").should == "+00:00" end # %v is %e-%b-%Y for Date/DateTime it "should be able to show the commercial week" do @date.strftime("%v").should == " 9-Apr-2000" @date.strftime("%v").should == @date.strftime('%e-%b-%Y') end # additional conversion specifiers only in Date/DateTime it 'shows the number of milliseconds since epoch' do DateTime.new(1970, 1, 1).strftime('%Q').should == "0" @date.strftime("%Q").should == "955238400000" end it "should be able to show a full notation" do @date.strftime("%+").should == "Sun Apr 9 00:00:00 +00:00 2000" @date.strftime("%+").should == @date.strftime('%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y') end end