2010/1/20 Geoff Buesing <[email protected]>: > That sounds reasonable -- ActiveRecord could set the connection timezone to > UTC when AR::Base.default_timezone is :utc, and not set it to anything > (i.e., assume the system local timezone is correct) when :local.
What would this mean for what is actually stored in the database? Colin > Solutions have been offered before for accomodating timestamp with timezone, > but they have involved adding another timezone configuration and/or Rails > TimeZone -> DB time zone mapping logic to the framework. This is much > cleaner. > Assuming this doesn't take much code, and doesn't negatively impact > performance, I'm +1 on the idea. > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Jack Christensen <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> The current Rails practice with PostgreSQL is to use timestamp without >> zone and use ActiveRecord's time zone handling. This works fine for >> Rails but makes it slightly inconvenient for ad hoc, local time queries >> outside of Rails. I believe there is a way to get the best of both >> worlds. If when creating the connection, ActiveRecord set the connection >> time zone to UTC then Rails could handle time zones its way and other >> clients could use PostgreSQL's time zone handling. >> >> Is there any interest in a patch to this effect? >> >> >> Jack >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby on Rails: Core" 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/rubyonrails-core?hl=en. >> >> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Core" 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/rubyonrails-core?hl=en. > >
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