Following is the simple example to get current date and time:
time1 = Time.new
puts "Current Time : " + time1.inspect
Time.now is a synonym:
time2 = Time.now
puts "Current Time : " + time2.inspect
This will produce the following result:
Current Time : Mon Jun 02 12:02:39 -0700 2008 Current Time : Mon Jun 02 12:02:39 -0700 2008
We can use Time object to get various components of date and time. Following is the example showing the same:
time = Time.new
puts "Current Time : " + time.inspect
puts time.year # => Year of the date
puts time.month # => Month of the date (1 to 12)
puts time.day # => Day of the date (1 to 31 )
puts time.wday # => 0: Day of week: 0 is Sunday
puts time.yday # => 365: Day of year
puts time.hour # => 23: 24-hour clock
puts time.min # => 59
puts time.sec # => 59
puts time.usec # => 999999: microseconds
puts time.zone # => "UTC": timezone name