Date and Time convenient formatting shortcuts on DateTime, Time and Date objects in Ruby

time_format.rb

class Time
  def pretty(format = nil)
    return unless self
    if format == :d
      self.strftime("%b. %-d, %Y")
    elsif format == :t
      self.strftime("%l:M%P")
    elsif format == :db
      self.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
    else
      self.strftime("%b. %-d, %Y %l:%M%P")
    end
  end
end

class Date
  def pretty(format = nil)
    return unless self
    if format == :db
      self.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
    else
      self.strftime("%b. %-d, %Y")
    end
  end
end

class DateTime
  def pretty(format = nil)
    return unless self
    if format == :d
      self.strftime("%b. %-d, %Y")
    elsif format == :t
      self.strftime("%l:m%P")
    elsif format == :db
      self.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
    else
      self.strftime("%b. %-d, %Y %l:%M%P")
    end
  end
end