Method: Time#rfc2822

Defined in:

lib/time.rb

#rfc2822 ⇒ Object Also known as: rfc822

Returns a string which represents the time as date-time defined by RFC 2822:

day-of-week, DD month-name CCYY hh:mm:ss zone

where zone is [+-]hhmm.

If self is a UTC time, -0000 is used as zone.

require 'time'

t = Time.now
t.rfc2822  # => "Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:26:12 -0400"

You must require ‘time’ to use this method.

# File 'lib/time.rb', line 675

def rfc2822
  strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %T ') << (utc? ? '-0000' : strftime('%z'))
end