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Customizing datetime format in en.yml in Rails 3
"en-US":
  date:
    formats:
      default: "%Y-%m-%d"
      **short: "short %b %d"**

time:
    formats:
      default: "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z "
      **short: "short %B %d, %Y"**

<%= l item.create_date, :format => :short %>

datetime:
    formats:
      short: "short %B %d, %Y"

en:
  time:
    formats:
      short_datetime: %B %d, %Y
      long_datetime:  %B %d, %Y, at %r
      hammer_datetime: STOP! %B %d, %Y, is HAMMERTIME!
      # and so on... da dum... da dum...

<%= l item.create_date, :format => :short_datetime %>

en:
  datetime:
    formats:
      default: %B %d, %Y

# In your Application Helper
def localize_datetime(dt)
  # quick-and-dirty demo... doesn't accept different format options and stuff...
  dt.strftime(I18n.t(:"datetime.formats.default", {:locale => I18n.locale }))
end
def ld(dt)
  localize_datetime(dt)
end
# or something like that...

<%= ld item.create_date %>