Rails 3: Return JSON with a specific variable

Question

I have a method returning this:

  format.json  { render :json => @call, :include => :customer }

However, I want the @call.created_at to return as a more readable datetime.

How can I do that?

thanks

Gazler · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-07 11:54:12Z

1

You can create a method in your model to prettify the time.

class Call < ActiveRecord::Base
  def formatted_time
    #Pretty time
  end
end

format.json  { render :json => @call, :include => :customer, :methods => :formatted_time }

edited Aug 7, 2011 at 11:54

answered Aug 7, 2011 at 11:29

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2 Comments

donald Over a year ago

shouldn't this work: def formatted_time this.created_at = this.created_at.strftime("%d--%m--%Y") end ?

shingara Over a year ago

no just def formatted_time this.created_at.strftime("%d--%m--%Y") end

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