Added module for helper functions; added helper for formatting date consistently

src/helpers.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module Helpers
+
+  def date_format(date)
+    dt = date.to_datetime
+    return dt.strftime('%B %d, %Y @ %I:%M:%S %p %Z')
+  end
+
+end

src/server.rb

@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ class GameData < Sinatra::Base
   enable :static
   set :public_folder, File.join(__dir__, '/../public')
 
+  # Register view helpers
+  require_relative 'helpers'
+  helpers Helpers
+
   # Set up our view engine
   set :views, File.join(settings.root, '/../views')
 end

views/benchmark/index.erb

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
             <tr>
               <td><%= b.name %></td>
               <td><%= b.scoring %></td>
-              <td><%= b.created_at %></td>
+              <td><%= date_format(b.created_at) %></td>
-              <td><%= b.updated_at %></td>
+              <td><%= date_format(b.updated_at) %></td>
             </tr>
           <% end %>
         </tbody>

views/hardware/index.erb

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
             <tr>
               <td><%= h.name %></td>
               <td><%= h.type %></td>
-              <td><%= h.created_at %></td>
+              <td><%= date_format(h.created_at) %></td>
-              <td><%= h.updated_at %></td>
+              <td><%= date_format(h.updated_at) %></td>
             </tr>
           <% end %>
         </tbody>