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# Date format

```ruby
var time = Time.local
say time.ctime
say time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
say time.strftime("%A, %B %d, %Y")
```

#### Output:

```
Fri Oct 17 12:57:02 2014
2014-10-17
Friday, October 17, 2014
```