Hello everyone,
I am using rails 3.2.8.
I want to change time zone to New York time.
I changed following, but didn’t work
#config/application.rb
config.time_zone = ‘Eastern Time (US & Canada)’
config.active_record.default_timezone = ‘Eastern Time (US & Canada)’
If am wrong please clarify.
Thank You!
1.9.3-p286 :001 > Time.zone.now
=> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:34:49 UTC +00:00
1.9.3-p286 :002 > Time.zone = ‘Eastern Time (US & Canada)’
=> “Eastern Time (US & Canada)”
1.9.3-p286 :003 > Time.zone.now
=> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:35:00 EST -05:00
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If that does not help then tell us what you mean by it not working.
Colin
To add: Just to make things clear if this is you. If you are thinking that Rails will store the data inside of the db as your timezone it won't. Rails stores all times as UTC so they can be converted easily no matter the system, the timezones only apply to the final object created. You can also try just setting the city name ("New York") and see if that works though Eastern should work.
1.9.3-p286 :001 > Time.zone.now
=> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:34:49 UTC +00:00
1.9.3-p286 :002 > Time.zone = ‘Eastern Time (US & Canada)’
=> “Eastern Time (US & Canada)”
1.9.3-p286 :003 > Time.zone.now
=> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:35:00 EST -05:00
Above is working well.
Case 1:
But i need to store each records in database with that time stamp. i.e created_at and updated_at need to be EST, not in UTC.
Case 2:
Also I need store all records created_at and updated_at with client country time, if one client in NewYork, need to store their time and other person in India, their time need to store.
Thank You!
1.9.3-p286 :001 > Time.zone.now => Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:34:49 UTC +00:00 1.9.3-p286 :002 > Time.zone = 'Eastern Time (US & Canada)' => "Eastern Time (US & Canada)" 1.9.3-p286 :003 > Time.zone.now => Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:35:00 EST -05:00
Above is working well. Case 1: But i need to store each records in database with that time stamp. i.e created_at and updated_at need to be EST, not in UTC.
Why? Don't do it, always store it in UTC.
Case 2: Also I need store all records created_at and updated_at with client country time, if one client in NewYork, need to store their time and other person in India, their time need to store.
Again why would you need to do that?
Colin
Because my application will use in several country so I need to know what time they are creating records.
Please don't top post, it makes it difficult to follow the thread. Insert your reply at appropriate points in previous message. Thanks.
Because my application will use in several country so I need to know what time they are creating records.
You will know the time (in UTC). If you store updated_at, for example, in the local timezone and you have one record with an update_at of 12:00 and another 13:00 (for a different user) then you would not know which came first. If they are all in UTC then you know the exact time it actually happened.
Colin
http://railscasts.com/episodes/106-time-zones-in-rails-2-1
http://www.elabs.se/blog/36-working-with-time-zones-in-ruby-on-rails
http://www.elabs.se/blog/36-working-with-time-zones-in-ruby-on-rails
You will know the time (in UTC). If you store updated_at, for example, in the local timezone and you have one record with an
update_at of 12:00 and another 13:00 (for a different user) then you
would not know which came first. If they are all in UTC then you know
the exact time it actually happened.
Yes Colin you are correct. I have to try using UTC time to show customer their times. i.e Their recored created time.
and
http://www.elabs.se/blog/36-working-with-time-zones-in-ruby-on-rails
http://www.elabs.se/blog/36-working-with-time-zones-in-ruby-on-rails
Thanks for the reply
Store their timezone as an extra field they themselves can set.
# Time.now.in_time_zone(Time.find_zone(-7)) # User.first.created_at.in_time_zone(Time.find_zone(-7))
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