Elixir/Phoenix - get current time (Timex library)

Question

I use Timex library for getting current time. For example:

iex(9)> time = Timex.now
~U[2019-11-29 14:05:39.759000Z]

When I take the minute, I get the following

iex(10)> time.minute
5

If the current minute is up to 10, then I get a value without a leading zero (the same with hours and seconds). I can get the length of the resulting value and, if it's less than 2, add a zero at the beginning, but I think this is not the best solution

Answer 1

Try this:

time.minute |> Integer.to_string |> String.pad_leading(2, "0")