Rails 3 Object.try Syntax

Question

I have a field that may be blank, so I need to use Object.try, but I'm having trouble with the syntax when adding the date format.

<%= @request.assigned_date.strftime("%m/%d/%y") %>

How would I change the above to include the ".try" ?

Thanks in advance. Katie

Answer 1

I'd say...

<%= @request.assigned_date.try(:strftime, "%m/%d/%y") %>

Note that it wouldn't work if your field was an empty string. It has to be nil.