Day name with I18n
You probably have in your locale file(s) the following:
# example with fr
fr:
date:
day_names: [Dimanche, Lundi, Mardi, Mercredi, Jeudi, Vendredi, Samedi]
# ^^^^^^^^ a week starts with a Sunday, not a Monday
In order to get today's name, you could do:
week_day = Date.today.wday # Returns the day of week (0-6, Sunday is zero)
I18n.t('date.day_names')[week_day]
or eventually
I18n.l(Date.today, format: '%A')
l Date.today, format: "%A"
Will work if you have the day_names
in your translation file.