#106 Time Zones in Rails 2.1

May 14, 2008 | 6 minutes | Rails 2.1

In the past, time zones have been very difficult to work with, but no longer! Rails 2.1 brings with it great time zone support as you can see in this episode.

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          bash
        
rake time:zones:local

          config/environment.rb
        
config.time_zone = "Pacific Time (US & Canada)"

          controllers/application.rb
        
before_filter :set_user_time_zone

private

def set_user_time_zone
  Time.zone = current_user.time_zone if logged_in?
end

          in migration file
        
add_column :users, :time_zone, :string

          users/new.html.erb
        
<%= f.time_zone_select :time_zone, ActiveSupport::TimeZone.us_zones %>