Here is the following from my console:>> Time.now=> Mon Sep 22 11:33:34 +0200 2008>> Time.now.utc_offset=> 7200>> TimeZone[Time.now.utc_offset]=> #<TimeZone:0x11aea90 @tzinfo=nil, @utc_offset=7200, @name="Athens">>> Time.now.in_time_zone(TimeZone[Time.now.utc_offset])=> Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:34:22 EEST +03:00 (I am in Spain - CET - and running on OS X with the correct timezone) The Time.now correctly gives me the time, and the correct UTC offset of 2 hours. It is the summer, so we are 2 hours ahead of UTC. We are still one hour ahead of London, but London itself is an hour ahead as they too switch to a summer time (BST). ruby tells me that my utc_offset is 7200 - which is correct. But... when I pull out the timezone it gives me the wrong one. Athens is 3 hours ahead of UTC, not 2 (at this time of year). So, when I convert a time using the timezone it gives me it is an hour out! I had hoped that time zone woes were behind me after switching to RoR from Java. But it still seems to be a problem. How can I get the correct Time Zone? There is a bug tracked (http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/4551) but it seems to be set to closed... but it definitely isn''t fixed! Right now I am doing this: offset = Time.now.dst? ? 60 : 0 Anyone have any better solutions? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Time.zone will give you the time zone currently set in Rails 2.1 You should set the time zone of your environment in the environment.db: config.time_zone = ''Amsterdam'' You can ask the users of your application to select their time zone (that''s something they''ll have to tell you, it''s not possible for Rails to guess :-)), save it in the user table as time_zone variable and set it for your current user in a before_filter: Time.zone @current_user.time_zone. More details are found here: http://mad.ly/2008/04/09/rails-21-time-zone-support-an-overview/ On 22 sep, 11:45, phil <p...-o0Q4Q1ys/oVBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Here is the following from my console: > > >> Time.now > > => Mon Sep 22 11:33:34 +0200 2008>> Time.now.utc_offset > => 7200 > >> TimeZone[Time.now.utc_offset] > > => #<TimeZone:0x11aea90 @tzinfo=nil, @utc_offset=7200, @name="Athens">>> Time.now.in_time_zone(TimeZone[Time.now.utc_offset]) > > => Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:34:22 EEST +03:00 > > (I am in Spain - CET - and running on OS X with the correct timezone) > > The Time.now correctly gives me the time, and the correct UTC offset > of 2 hours. It is the summer, so we are 2 hours ahead of UTC. We are > still one hour ahead of London, but London itself is an hour ahead as > they too switch to a summer time (BST). > > ruby tells me that my utc_offset is 7200 - which is correct. But... > when I pull out the timezone it gives me the wrong one. Athens is 3 > hours ahead of UTC, not 2 (at this time of year). So, when I convert a > time using the timezone it gives me it is an hour out! > > I had hoped that time zone woes were behind me after switching to RoR > from Java. But it still seems to be a problem. > > How can I get the correct Time Zone? > > There is a bug tracked (http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/4551) but it > seems to be set to closed... but it definitely isn''t fixed! > > Right now I am doing this: > > offset = Time.now.dst? ? 60 : 0 > > Anyone have any better solutions?--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Hi, Thanks for that, but it completely misses the point in that I can not even get the proper time zone conversion inside the server. I am not bringing a user''s timezone into the equation! I can''t go back and forth inside the same instance and get reliable results: Time.now and Time.now.in_time_zone(TimeZone[Time.now.utc_offset]) should give me the same times back! it doesn''t. Anyway, I think I found another bug listed for this, so I will trust that someone more clever than I will figure it out. On Sep 22, 2:24 pm, deegee <dirkgro...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Time.zone will give you the time zone currently set in Rails 2.1 > > You should set the time zone of your environment in the > environment.db: > config.time_zone = ''Amsterdam'' > > You can ask the users of your application to select their time zone > (that''s something they''ll have to tell you, it''s not possible for > Rails to guess :-)), save it in the user table as time_zone variable > and set it for your current user in a before_filter: Time.zone > @current_user.time_zone. > > More details are found here:http://mad.ly/2008/04/09/rails-21-time-zone-support-an-overview/ > > On 22 sep, 11:45, phil <p...-o0Q4Q1ys/oVBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > Here is the following from my console: > > > >> Time.now > > > => Mon Sep 22 11:33:34 +0200 2008>> Time.now.utc_offset > > => 7200 > > >> TimeZone[Time.now.utc_offset] > > > => #<TimeZone:0x11aea90 @tzinfo=nil, @utc_offset=7200, @name="Athens">>> Time.now.in_time_zone(TimeZone[Time.now.utc_offset]) > > > => Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:34:22 EEST +03:00 > > > (I am in Spain - CET - and running on OS X with the correct timezone) > > > The Time.now correctly gives me the time, and the correct UTC offset > > of 2 hours. It is the summer, so we are 2 hours ahead of UTC. We are > > still one hour ahead of London, but London itself is an hour ahead as > > they too switch to a summer time (BST). > > > ruby tells me that my utc_offset is 7200 - which is correct. But... > > when I pull out the timezone it gives me the wrong one. Athens is 3 > > hours ahead of UTC, not 2 (at this time of year). So, when I convert a > > time using the timezone it gives me it is an hour out! > > > I had hoped that time zone woes were behind me after switching to RoR > > from Java. But it still seems to be a problem. > > > How can I get the correct Time Zone? > > > There is a bug tracked (http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/4551) but it > > seems to be set to closed... but it definitely isn''t fixed! > > > Right now I am doing this: > > > offset = Time.now.dst? ? 60 : 0 > > > Anyone have any better solutions?--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
phil wrote:> Time.now and Time.now.in_time_zone(TimeZone[Time.now.utc_offset]) > should give me the same times back! it doesn''t. >It looks like its working for me. I''m on Rails 2.1.1 on Mac OS X 10.5.5: Loading development environment (Rails 2.1.1)>> Time.now=> Tue Sep 23 11:13:02 -0500 2008>> Time.now.utc_offset=> -18000>> Time.now.in_time_zone(TimeZone[Time.now.utc_offset])=> Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:13:28 COT -05:00>> TimeZone[Time.now.utc_offset]=> #<ActiveSupport::TimeZone:0x5cb1b0 @utc_offset=-18000, @name="Bogota", @tzinfo=#<TZInfo::DataTimezone: America/Bogota Although the TimeZone[Time.now.utc_offset] line didn''t return the correct time zone for me, as I''m in Central (US & Canada). Peace. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Ok phil, I see the point you''re trying to make.
The thing I was trying to say is that it''s just not possible for Rails
to really know in which time zone you are. So when you call
TimeZone[some_offset], it can only make a guess about the time zone,
because it doesn''t know if you''re in a time zone with or
without DST.
Again, in Rails 2.1, you should set your time zone via the
config.time_zone command so that Rails knows in which time zone is
your server. And you retrieve your time zone (that was your question,
right?) using
Time.zone
So not using TimeZone.[] class method.
On 23 sep, 00:40, phil <p...-o0Q4Q1ys/oVBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
wrote:> Hi,
> Thanks for that, but it completely misses the point in that I can not
> even get the proper time zone conversion inside the server.
> I am not bringing a user''s timezone into the equation!
>
> I can''t go back and forth inside the same instance and get
reliable
> results:
> Time.now and Time.now.in_time_zone(TimeZone[Time.now.utc_offset])
> should give me the same times back! it doesn''t.
>
> Anyway, I think I found another bug listed for this, so I will trust
> that someone more clever than I will figure it out.
>
> On Sep 22, 2:24 pm, deegee
<dirkgro...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > Time.zone will give you the time zone currently set in Rails 2.1
>
> > You should set the time zone of your environment in the
> > environment.db:
> > config.time_zone = ''Amsterdam''
>
> > You can ask the users of your application to select their time zone
> > (that''s something they''ll have to tell you,
it''s not possible for
> > Rails to guess :-)), save it in the user table as time_zone variable
> > and set it for your current user in a before_filter: Time.zone >
> @current_user.time_zone.
>
> > More details are found
here:http://mad.ly/2008/04/09/rails-21-time-zone-support-an-overview/
>
> > On 22 sep, 11:45, phil
<p...-o0Q4Q1ys/oVBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > > Here is the following from my console:
>
> > > >> Time.now
>
> > > => Mon Sep 22 11:33:34 +0200 2008>> Time.now.utc_offset
> > > => 7200
> > > >> TimeZone[Time.now.utc_offset]
>
> > > => #<TimeZone:0x11aea90 @tzinfo=nil, @utc_offset=7200,
@name="Athens">>>
Time.now.in_time_zone(TimeZone[Time.now.utc_offset])
>
> > > => Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:34:22 EEST +03:00
>
> > > (I am in Spain - CET - and running on OS X with the correct
timezone)
>
> > > The Time.now correctly gives me the time, and the correct UTC
offset
> > > of 2 hours. It is the summer, so we are 2 hours ahead of UTC. We
are
> > > still one hour ahead of London, but London itself is an hour
ahead as
> > > they too switch to a summer time (BST).
>
> > > ruby tells me that my utc_offset is 7200 - which is correct.
But...
> > > when I pull out the timezone it gives me the wrong one. Athens is
3
> > > hours ahead of UTC, not 2 (at this time of year). So, when I
convert a
> > > time using the timezone it gives me it is an hour out!
>
> > > I had hoped that time zone woes were behind me after switching to
RoR
> > > from Java. But it still seems to be a problem.
>
> > > How can I get the correct Time Zone?
>
> > > There is a bug tracked (http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/4551)
but it
> > > seems to be set to closed... but it definitely isn''t
fixed!
>
> > > Right now I am doing this:
>
> > > offset = Time.now.dst? ? 60 : 0
>
> > > Anyone have any better solutions?
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Interesting... I am going to guess that you are not in a place that uses daylight savings time? On Sep 23, 6:15 pm, Phillip Koebbe <rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> phil wrote: > > Time.now and Time.now.in_time_zone(TimeZone[Time.now.utc_offset]) > > should give me the same times back! it doesn''t. > > It looks like its working for me. I''m on Rails 2.1.1 on Mac OS X 10.5.5: > > Loading development environment (Rails 2.1.1)>> Time.now > > => Tue Sep 23 11:13:02 -0500 2008>> Time.now.utc_offset > => -18000 > >> Time.now.in_time_zone(TimeZone[Time.now.utc_offset]) > > => Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:13:28 COT -05:00>> TimeZone[Time.now.utc_offset] > > => #<ActiveSupport::TimeZone:0x5cb1b0 @utc_offset=-18000, > @name="Bogota", @tzinfo=#<TZInfo::DataTimezone: America/Bogota > > Although the TimeZone[Time.now.utc_offset] line didn''t return the > correct time zone for me, as I''m in Central (US & Canada). > > Peace. > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Thanks, You are correct in that I should use Time.zone for server time, but I have a value coming from the client that is there offset to gmt (from a javascript call)... oh well! thanks though On Sep 24, 4:37 pm, deegee <dirkgro...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Ok phil, I see the point you''re trying to make. > > The thing I was trying to say is that it''s just not possible for Rails > to really know in which time zone you are. So when you call > TimeZone[some_offset], it can only make a guess about the time zone, > because it doesn''t know if you''re in a time zone with or without DST. > > Again, in Rails 2.1, you should set your time zone via the > config.time_zone command so that Rails knows in which time zone is > your server. And you retrieve your time zone (that was your question, > right?) using > Time.zone > So not using TimeZone.[] class method. > > On 23 sep, 00:40, phil <p...-o0Q4Q1ys/oVBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > Hi, > > Thanks for that, but it completely misses the point in that I can not > > even get the proper time zone conversion inside the server. > > I am not bringing a user''s timezone into the equation! > > > I can''t go back and forth inside the same instance and get reliable > > results: > > Time.now and Time.now.in_time_zone(TimeZone[Time.now.utc_offset]) > > should give me the same times back! it doesn''t. > > > Anyway, I think I found another bug listed for this, so I will trust > > that someone more clever than I will figure it out. > > > On Sep 22, 2:24 pm, deegee <dirkgro...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > > Time.zone will give you the time zone currently set in Rails 2.1 > > > > You should set the time zone of your environment in the > > > environment.db: > > > config.time_zone = ''Amsterdam'' > > > > You can ask the users of your application to select their time zone > > > (that''s something they''ll have to tell you, it''s not possible for > > > Rails to guess :-)), save it in the user table as time_zone variable > > > and set it for your current user in a before_filter: Time.zone > > > @current_user.time_zone. > > > > More details are found here:http://mad.ly/2008/04/09/rails-21-time-zone-support-an-overview/ > > > > On 22 sep, 11:45, phil <p...-o0Q4Q1ys/oVBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > > > Here is the following from my console: > > > > > >> Time.now > > > > > => Mon Sep 22 11:33:34 +0200 2008>> Time.now.utc_offset > > > > => 7200 > > > > >> TimeZone[Time.now.utc_offset] > > > > > => #<TimeZone:0x11aea90 @tzinfo=nil, @utc_offset=7200, @name="Athens">>> Time.now.in_time_zone(TimeZone[Time.now.utc_offset]) > > > > > => Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:34:22 EEST +03:00 > > > > > (I am in Spain - CET - and running on OS X with the correct timezone) > > > > > The Time.now correctly gives me the time, and the correct UTC offset > > > > of 2 hours. It is the summer, so we are 2 hours ahead of UTC. We are > > > > still one hour ahead of London, but London itself is an hour ahead as > > > > they too switch to a summer time (BST). > > > > > ruby tells me that my utc_offset is 7200 - which is correct. But... > > > > when I pull out the timezone it gives me the wrong one. Athens is 3 > > > > hours ahead of UTC, not 2 (at this time of year). So, when I convert a > > > > time using the timezone it gives me it is an hour out! > > > > > I had hoped that time zone woes were behind me after switching to RoR > > > > from Java. But it still seems to be a problem. > > > > > How can I get the correct Time Zone? > > > > > There is a bug tracked (http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/4551) but it > > > > seems to be set to closed... but it definitely isn''t fixed! > > > > > Right now I am doing this: > > > > > offset = Time.now.dst? ? 60 : 0 > > > > > Anyone have any better solutions?--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
phil wrote:> Interesting... I am going to guess that you are not in a place that > uses daylight savings time? > > On Sep 23, 6:15 pm, Phillip Koebbe <rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>No, I am in a place that uses DST. Peace. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
phil wrote:> Thanks, > You are correct in that I should use Time.zone for server time, but I > have a value coming from the client that is there offset to gmt (from > a javascript call)... oh well!Hello Phil, Having quite a similar problem. Any idea how could I get a TimeZone instance for a given offset with disabled DST? Did you solve your problem with the offset? Regards, KIR -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
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