Question

In mysql db for records:

2011-12-09 07:59:00 UTC

In ruby if I do Time.now:

2011-12-09 03:57:46 -0800

How would I do a comparison like the following? (which isn’t working)

<% if item.exp_date < Time.now %>
    Expired
<% end %>

PS. It would be great if there a solution where I don’t have to assume if the DB has times stored ending in UTC or -0800

Answer 1

It turns out the problem was with my use of NOW() in queries to mysql.

Adding the following to /etc/my.cnf fixed the issue:

[mysqld_safe]
timezone = UTC