Transform DateTime into simple Date in Ruby on Rails

Question

I have a datetime column in db that I want to transform into a simple date when I show it to users. How can I do that? ``` def shown_date # to_date does not exist, but is what I am looking for self.date || self.exif_date_time_original.to_date end ```

Accepted Answer

`DateTime#to_date` does exist with ActiveSupport:

```
$ irb
>> DateTime.new.to_date
NoMethodError: undefined method 'to_date' for #<DateTime: -1/2,0,2299161>
    from (irb):1

>> require 'active_support/core_ext'
=> true

>> DateTime.new.to_date
=> Mon, 01 Jan -4712
```

Transform DateTime into simple Date in Ruby on Rails

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