Timezone Conversion in Ruby on Rails
Timezones aren’t very fun for anyone, but with a little knowledge, they can be easy in ruby on rails.
By far your best bet is to use the TZInfo gem
There’s a writeup on the 37signals blog about how to use this gem. Introducing TzTime
And one on caboo.se:
adding timezone to your rails app
Adding TZInfo to your Models
TZInfo is further made easier with ThriveSmart’s Timezone_fu so that you only have to specify has_timezone in your model, such as:
class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
has_timezone :fields => [ :start_datetime, :end_datetime]
end
More Resources
- HowtoSetDefaultTimeZone (dealing with default timezones)
- Internationalization on the Ruby on Rails Wiki
Timezone Conversion in Ruby on Rails
Timezones aren’t very fun for anyone, but with a little knowledge, they can be easy in ruby on rails.
By far your best bet is to use the TZInfo gem
There’s a writeup on the 37signals blog about how to use this gem. Introducing TzTime
And one on caboo.se:
adding timezone to your rails app
Adding TZInfo to your Models
TZInfo is further made easier with ThriveSmart’s Timezone_fu so that you only have to specify has_timezone in your model, such as:
class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
has_timezone :fields => [ :start_datetime, :end_datetime]
end
More Resources
- HowtoSetDefaultTimeZone (dealing with default timezones)
- Internationalization on the Ruby on Rails Wiki