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With a sample date of December 25th, 2008, at 14:35:05:

:db # => 2008-12-25 14:35:05 :number # => 20081225143505 :time # => 14:35 :short # => 25 Dec 14:35 :long # => December 25, 2008 14:35 :long_ordinal # => December 25th, 2008 14:35 :rfc822 # => Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:35:05 +0000

Time in fixtures

When creating fixtures you should use this method to set created_at/updated_at timestamps correctly:

eg:

This won’t work as expected (created_at/updated_at will be nil) a

one: episode: active1 play_id: 1 play_time: 20 country: United Kingdom created_at: <%= Time.parse('22:00 14 Aug 2009') %> updated_at: <%= Time.parse('22:00 14 Aug 2009') %> 

but this will work as expected:

one: episode: active1 play_id: 1 play_time: 20 country: United Kingdom created_at: <%= Time.parse('22:00 14 Aug 2009').to_s(:db) %> updated_at: <%= Time.parse('22:00 14 Aug 2009').to_s(:db) %>