There are many functions available for Time, Month, Day, and Year. Below are a few examples.

# Find out the Current Time
t = Time.now


# Find out the Month, Day, or Year individually
puts t.mon.to_s + "/" + t.day.to_s + "/" + t.year.to_s


# Find out the UTC
puts t.utc


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#User Formatted Characters
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# the String For Time function allows you to mix text with data
puts t.strftime("The Document print data is %m/%d/%Y")


# Another way to Display the Month Day, Year
puts t.strftime("%b %d, %Y")