Fixnum String conversion

Question

I want to get a string of the current time in Ruby:

"Time is " + Time.new.month + "/" + Time.new.day + "/" + Time.new.year

But it says "can't convert Fixnum into String". How can I fix this?

Answer 1

Or you could just use right tool for the job: time formatting.

Time.new.strftime "Time is %m/%d/%Y" # => "Time is 11/13/2012"

Answer 2

You could use to_s

"Time is " + Time.new.month.to_s + "/" + Time.new.day.to_s + "/" + Time.new.year.to_s

But event better is to use strftime

Time.new.strftime("Time is %-m/%e/%Y")