ActiveSupport::TimeZone

Locate a specific time zone object. If the argument is a string, it is interpreted to mean the name of the timezone to locate. If it is a numeric value it is either the hour offset, or the second offset, of the timezone to find. (The first one with that offset will be returned.) Returns nil if no such time zone is known to the system.

Return an array of all TimeZone objects. There are multiple TimeZone objects per time zone, in many cases, to make it easier for users to find their own time zone.

Create a new TimeZone object with the given name and offset. The offset is the number of seconds that this time zone is offset from UTC (GMT). Seconds were chosen as the offset unit because that is the unit that Ruby uses to represent time zone offsets (see Time#utc_offset).

Return a TimeZone instance with the given name, or nil if no such TimeZone instance exists. (This exists to support the use of this class with the composed_of macro.)

A convenience method for returning a collection of TimeZone objects for time zones in the USA.

Compare this time zone to the parameter. The two are comapred first on their offsets, and then by name.

Compare name and TZInfo identifier to a supplied regexp, returning true if a match is found.

Method for creating new ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instance in time zone of self from number of seconds since the Unix epoch. Example:

  Time.zone = "Hawaii"        # => "Hawaii"
  Time.utc(2000).to_f         # => 946684800.0
  Time.zone.at(946684800.0)   # => Fri, 31 Dec 1999 14:00:00 HST -10:00

Returns the offset of this time zone as a formatted string, of the format "+HH:MM".

Method for creating new ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instance in time zone of self from given values. Example:

  Time.zone = "Hawaii"                      # => "Hawaii"
  Time.zone.local(2007, 2, 1, 15, 30, 45)   # => Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:30:45 HST -10:00

Adjust the given time to the simultaneous time in UTC. Returns a Time.utc() instance.

Returns an ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instance representing the current time in the time zone represented by self. Example:

  Time.zone = 'Hawaii'  # => "Hawaii"
  Time.zone.now         # => Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:24:27 HST -10:00

Method for creating new ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instance in time zone of self from parsed string. Example:

  Time.zone = "Hawaii"                      # => "Hawaii"
  Time.zone.parse('1999-12-31 14:00:00')    # => Fri, 31 Dec 1999 14:00:00 HST -10:00

If upper components are missing from the string, they are supplied from TimeZone#now:

  Time.zone.now                 # => Fri, 31 Dec 1999 14:00:00 HST -10:00
  Time.zone.parse('22:30:00')   # => Fri, 31 Dec 1999 22:30:00 HST -10:00

Available so that TimeZone instances respond like TZInfo::Timezone instances

Available so that TimeZone instances respond like TZInfo::Timezone instances

Returns a textual representation of this time zone.

Return the current date in this time zone.

TODO: Preload instead of lazy load for thread safety

Adjust the given time to the simultaneous time in the time zone represented by self. Returns a Time.utc() instance — if you want an ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instance, use Time#in_time_zone() instead.