time_tag​

Creates an HTML <time> tag from a timestamp.

Output formats can be referenced from the Ruby documentation.

Parameters​

• time {String}: The timestamp. This parameter is required.
• format {String}: The display format. This parameter is optional.
• hash.datetime {String}: The datetime attribute format. Optional, defaults to YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD.
• hash.format {String}: The display format. This parameter is optional.
• returns {String}: Returns an HTML string.

Usage​

{{time_tag time format }}

Example​

{{ time_tag article.created_at '%B %d, %Y' }}

Format​

{{time_tag time string }}
{{time_tag time format=string }}

Specify the date format recognizable by the locale. You can use the following formats:

• abbreviated_date
• basic
• date
• date_at_time
• default
• on_date

{{ time_tag article.created_at 'abbreviated_date' }}

datetime​

The default format for the datetime attribute of the <time> tag is YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD. However, you can define a custom format using strftime shorthand formats.

{{time_tag time format datetime=format2 }}

{{ time_tag article.created_at 'abbreviated_date' datetime='%Y-%m-%d' }}