Thank you both very much for your responses, that makes sense! :) Mike
On Sep 3, 11:38 am, Albert Chou <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 > > On Sep 3, 2010, at 7:49 AM, malomalo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Keep it simple, use UTC - all the time. Only convert and display in > > timezones when you need. I wish all my data sources were UTC.... > > > That said if your only working in one timezone it probably doesn't > > matter and choose whatever you like. If your in EST and you don't have > > to do conversion EST is fine. > > > Only my 2 cents though. > > > -Jon > > > On Sep 1, 10:38 am, "Mike P." <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, > > >> I keep seeing conflicting recommendations on dealing with time zones > >> on Heroku, and I'm really not sure what to do. For example: > > >> 1) This post (which I think may be from someone at Heroku) says to use > >> UTC: > > >> -http://groups.google.com/group/heroku/browse_thread/thread/8e7566a7b8... > > >> 2) This post gives a suggestion to specify the Heroku time zone in the > >> application: > > >> -http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2719330/heroku-time-zone-problem-l... > > >> 3) This post recommends specifying a TimeZone during a heroku db:pull > >> call > > >> -http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1416294/weird-time-inconsistencies... > > >> And so on... > > >> I'm inclined to go with number 1, but does anyone have any suggestions/ > >> recommendations/tips or "best practices" on dealing with this time > >> zone issue? > > >> Right now, my time zone is set to "Eastern Time (US & Canada)" in > >> environment.rb, and the date/time columns in my Postgre tables are set > >> to "timestamp without time zone." The users will have their own > >> timezone setting that will be used throughout the app. > > >> Is there anything else I should be doing? How can I eliminate any > >> potential timing issues between development and running on Heroku in > >> production? Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated. > > >> Thank you very much, > >> Mike > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Heroku" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Heroku" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en.
