Question

Already a few hours I am struggling with the storing time into database table. The time is there saved like -1h. I don’t know how to smartly print the time from database with the right shape (= +1h). I tried set timezone and stuffs like that, but unfortunately nothing works me.

So as the solution I choose this way:

@my_obj.created_at+3600 # +1 hour

Exist any better way to do it?

Answer 1

Once you’ve set the server’s timezone you can use:

ActiveSupport::TimeZone.utc_to_local(@my_obj.created_at)

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For more info: have a look at the apidock on this method here: http://apidock.com/rails/ActiveSupport/TimeZone/utc_to_local

If you need to override the server’s local timezone, you could set it as a before_filter in your ApplicationController:

before_filter :set_time_zone

def set_time_zone
  Time.zone = 'London'
end

Again apidock is good for more info: http://apidock.com/rails/Time/zone%3D/class

If you don’t want to rely on the server’s local timezone, you can always use:

@my_obj.created_at.in_time_zone('London')