instance method

Date#to_s

() -> ::String

to_s → string

static VALUE
d_lite_to_s(VALUE self)
{
    return strftimev("%Y-%m-%d", self, set_tmx);
}

Returns a string representation of the date in self in ISO 8601 extended date format ('%Y-%m-%d'):

Example

Date.new(2001, 2, 3).to_s # => "2001-02-03"

See also #to_json #to_time #to_datetime #tuesday? also in 4.1 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0