ruby on rails - How do I split the value returned by created_at? -

i trying split value returned created_at method.

i taking object (item) , getting time created at. don't want whole result , interested in day, month , year. how can work?

<% @items_in_basket.each |item| %> <% splliter = item.created_at.split(" ") %>  <% time = @splliter[0] %> 

i result:

undefined method 'split' wed, 31 jul 2013 16:44:37 utc +00:00:time 

created_at returns instance of activesupport::timewithzone can call day, month, or year on parts of date. example:

<% @items_in_basket.each |item| %>   day: <%= item.created_at.day %>   month: <%= item.created_at.month %>   year: <%= item.created_at.year %> <% end %> 

this approach more reliable parsing string format returned to_s.