Getting dates in different convenient string representations and other objects

Methods
Constants
DATE_FORMATS = { :short => "%e %b", :long => "%B %e, %Y"
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 22
22:         def to_date
23:           self
24:         end
to_formatted_s(format = :default)

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    # File vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb, line 17
17:         def to_formatted_s(format = :default)
18:           DATE_FORMATS[format] ? strftime(DATE_FORMATS[format]).strip : to_default_s   
19:         end
to_time(form = :local)

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