Hi all, I have a big deal with timezones: is it possible to set a user's timezone from it's offset from UTC? I mean, I don't want to ask the user in which timezone he is, so I get this offset from a Javascript call and set Time.zone from this.
It worked until I noticed this problem: In Paris, we are in UTC+2 in the summer, so I have a 7200 seconds offset. ActiveSupport::TimeZone will not return the Paris timezone, but the first one it can get with a 7200 offset, which is Athen. The trick is that Athen is currently (September) UTC +3, so I'll getting fooled by TimeZone. I saw this in the Rails API (http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ ActiveSupport/TimeZone.html#M001511) +TimeZone::new(name, utc_offset, tzinfo = nil) + but can't use it What am I doing wrong/missing? (apart from not asking the user for his timezone :p) Thanks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
