I’m storing timezones in my database that I get via FB’s api. The timezone looks like:
-7
What field should I be using in rails/PostgreSQL to store this value? String?
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I’m storing timezones in my database that I get via FB’s api. The timezone looks like:
-7
What field should I be using in rails/PostgreSQL to store this value? String?
If your timezone is always going to be an offset then use a
:decimal(don’t forget about places like Newfoundland Canada that are at UTC−3.5). Generally, timezones come in many different forms:So your safest bet would be a
:string. The Olson Database is a good place to get an idea of the various timezone formats you’ll come across.