Getting dates in different convenient string representations and other objects

Methods
Public Instance methods
to_date()

To be able to keep Dates and Times interchangeable on conversions

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    # File vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb, line 21
21:         def to_date
22:           self
23:         end
to_formatted_s(format = :default)

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    # File vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb, line 12
12:         def to_formatted_s(format = :default)
13:           case format
14:             when :default then to_default_s
15:             when :short   then strftime("%e %b").strip
16:             when :long    then strftime("%B %e, %Y").strip
17:           end
18:         end
to_time(form = :local)

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    # File vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb, line 25
25:         def to_time(form = :local)
26:           ::Time.send(form, year, month, day)
27:         end