Class: Date

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• Date

Defined in:

lib/core_ext/date_time.rb

Overview

Adding the to_hl7 method to the ruby Date class.

Instance Method Summary

• #to_hl7 ⇒ Object

  Get a HL7 timestamp (type TS) for a Date instance.

Instance Method Details

#to_hl7 ⇒ Object

Get a HL7 timestamp (type TS) for a Date instance.

Date.parse('2009-12-02').to_hl7
=> "20091202"

# File 'lib/core_ext/date_time.rb', line 42

def to_hl7
  strftime("%Y%m%d")
end