Time zone mapping from TimeZone to TZInfo::Timezone

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Hi. Using this:

    <%= time_zone_select("account", "time_zone" %>

I get a list of time zones options, like eg.:

    <option value="Athens">(GMT+02:00) Athens</option>

But as I'm using TZInfo::Timezone, I need to map 'Athens' to 'Europe/Athens'

I can see that the mapping I'm looking for is present in the tzinfo_timezone plugin, but I cannot see how to access it.

Anyone?

Thanks.

Morten

PS: I'm aware that I could use

<%=time_zone_select("account", "time_zone", TZInfo::Timezone.all.sort, :model => TZInfo::Timezone) %>

But the resulting select values look horrible, so I'd like to stick with the Rails presentation format.

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Hi Morten,

<%=time_zone_select("account", "time_zone", TZInfo::Timezone.all.sort, :model => TZInfo::Timezone) %>

Actually the code you mentioned above will give a result in the format you are looking for. i.e 'Europe/Athens'

$tcode = @params[:account][:time_zone] tz = TZInfo::Timezone.get($tcode) tz = tz.local_to_utc(Time::now()).to_s

So, 'tz' will provide you the converted time.

Hope it helps you and others.

Thanks, Selva

Morten wrote: