class ActiveSupport::TimeZone

this will be used instead of the bundled version.)
install the TZInfo gem (if a recent version of the gem is installed locally,
If you need to use zones that aren’t defined by TimeZone, you’ll need to
definitions necessary to support the zones defined by the TimeZone class.
The version of TZInfo bundled with Active Support only includes the
Time.zone.now # => Sun, 18 May 2008 14:30:44 EDT -04:00
Time.zone.name # => “Eastern Time (US & Canada)”
Time.zone # => #<TimeZone:0x514834…>
end
config.time_zone = ‘Eastern Time (US & Canada)’
class Application < Rails::Application
# application.rb:
access this TimeZone object via Time.zone:
If you set config.time_zone in the Rails Application, you can
parse, at and now methods.
* Create ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instances via TimeZone’s local,
* Lazily load TZInfo::Timezone instances only when they’re needed.
(e.g., “Eastern Time (US & Canada)” instead of “America/New_York”).
* Retrieve and display zones with a friendlier name
zones.
* Limit the set of zones provided by TZInfo to a meaningful subset of 146
It allows us to do the following:
The TimeZone class serves as a wrapper around TZInfo::Timezone instances.

def self.find_tzinfo(name)

def self.find_tzinfo(name)
  TZInfo::TimezoneProxy.new(MAPPING[name] || name)
end

def self.seconds_to_utc_offset(seconds, colon = true)

TimeZone.seconds_to_utc_offset(-21_600) # => "-06:00"

Time#utc_offset) and turns this into an +HH:MM formatted string.
Assumes self represents an offset from UTC in seconds (as returned from
def self.seconds_to_utc_offset(seconds, colon = true)
  format = colon ? UTC_OFFSET_WITH_COLON : UTC_OFFSET_WITHOUT_COLON
  sign = (seconds < 0 ? '-' : '+')
  hours = seconds.abs / 3600
  minutes = (seconds.abs % 3600) / 60
  format % [sign, hours, minutes]
end

def <=>(zone)

their offsets, and then by name.
Compare this time zone to the parameter. The two are compared first on
def <=>(zone)
  return unless zone.respond_to? :utc_offset
  result = (utc_offset <=> zone.utc_offset)
  result = (name <=> zone.name) if result == 0
  result
end

def =~(re)

if a match is found.
Compare #name and TZInfo identifier to a supplied regexp, returning +true+
def =~(re)
  re === name || re === MAPPING[name]
end

def [](arg)

Returns +nil+ if no such time zone is known to the system.
timezone to find. (The first one with that offset will be returned.)
numeric value it is either the hour offset, or the second offset, of the
is interpreted to mean the name of the timezone to locate. If it is a
Locate a specific time zone object. If the argument is a string, it
def [](arg)
  case arg
    when String
    begin
      lazy_zones_map[arg] ||= lookup(arg).tap { |tz| tz.utc_offset }
    rescue TZInfo::InvalidTimezoneIdentifier
      nil
    end
    when Numeric, ActiveSupport::Duration
      arg *= 3600 if arg.abs <= 13
      all.find { |z| z.utc_offset == arg.to_i }
    else
      raise ArgumentError, "invalid argument to TimeZone[]: #{arg.inspect}"
  end
end

def all

for users to find their own time zone.
TimeZone objects per time zone, in many cases, to make it easier
Return an array of all TimeZone objects. There are multiple
def all
  @zones ||= zones_map.values.sort
end

def at(secs)

Time.zone.at(946684800.0) # => Fri, 31 Dec 1999 14:00:00 HST -10:00
Time.utc(2000).to_f # => 946684800.0
Time.zone = 'Hawaii' # => "Hawaii"

of +self+ from number of seconds since the Unix epoch.
Method for creating new ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instance in time zone
def at(secs)
  Time.at(secs).utc.in_time_zone(self)
end

def formatted_offset(colon=true, alternate_utc_string = nil)

format "+HH:MM".
Returns the offset of this time zone as a formatted string, of the
def formatted_offset(colon=true, alternate_utc_string = nil)
  utc_offset == 0 && alternate_utc_string || self.class.seconds_to_utc_offset(utc_offset, colon)
end

def initialize(name, utc_offset = nil, tzinfo = nil)

that Ruby uses to represent time zone offsets (see Time#utc_offset).
(GMT). Seconds were chosen as the offset unit because that is the unit
offset is the number of seconds that this time zone is offset from UTC
Create a new TimeZone object with the given name and offset. The
def initialize(name, utc_offset = nil, tzinfo = nil)
  self.class.send(:require_tzinfo)
  @name = name
  @utc_offset = utc_offset
  @tzinfo = tzinfo || TimeZone.find_tzinfo(name)
  @current_period = nil
end

def lazy_zones_map

def lazy_zones_map
  require_tzinfo
  @lazy_zones_map ||= Hash.new do |hash, place|
    hash[place] = create(place) if MAPPING.has_key?(place)
  end
end

def local(*args)

Time.zone.local(2007, 2, 1, 15, 30, 45) # => Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:30:45 HST -10:00
Time.zone = 'Hawaii' # => "Hawaii"

of +self+ from given values.
Method for creating new ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instance in time zone
def local(*args)
  time = Time.utc(*args)
  ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone.new(nil, self, time)
end

def local_to_utc(time, dst=true)

Time.utc() instance.
Adjust the given time to the simultaneous time in UTC. Returns a
def local_to_utc(time, dst=true)
  tzinfo.local_to_utc(time, dst)
end

def lookup(name)

def lookup(name)
  (tzinfo = find_tzinfo(name)) && create(tzinfo.name.freeze)
end

def new(name)

this class with the +composed_of+ macro.)
such TimeZone instance exists. (This exists to support the use of
Return a TimeZone instance with the given name, or +nil+ if no
def new(name)
  self[name]
end

def now

Time.zone.now # => Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:24:27 HST -10:00
Time.zone = 'Hawaii' # => "Hawaii"

time in the time zone represented by +self+.
Returns an ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instance representing the current
def now
  time_now.utc.in_time_zone(self)
end

def parse(str, now=now())

Time.zone.parse('22:30:00') # => Fri, 31 Dec 1999 22:30:00 HST -10:00
Time.zone.now # => Fri, 31 Dec 1999 14:00:00 HST -10:00

TimeZone#now:
If upper components are missing from the string, they are supplied from

Time.zone.parse('1999-12-31 14:00:00') # => Fri, 31 Dec 1999 14:00:00 HST -10:00
Time.zone = 'Hawaii' # => "Hawaii"

of +self+ from parsed string.
Method for creating new ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instance in time zone
def parse(str, now=now())
  parts = Date._parse(str, false)
  return if parts.empty?
  time = Time.new(
    parts.fetch(:year, now.year),
    parts.fetch(:mon, now.month),
    parts.fetch(:mday, now.day),
    parts.fetch(:hour, 0),
    parts.fetch(:min, 0),
    parts.fetch(:sec, 0) + parts.fetch(:sec_fraction, 0),
    parts.fetch(:offset, 0)
  )
  if parts[:offset]
    TimeWithZone.new(time.utc, self)
  else
    TimeWithZone.new(nil, self, time)
  end
end

def period_for_local(time, dst=true)

instances.
Available so that TimeZone instances respond like TZInfo::Timezone
def period_for_local(time, dst=true)
  tzinfo.period_for_local(time, dst)
end

def period_for_utc(time)

instances.
Available so that TimeZone instances respond like TZInfo::Timezone
def period_for_utc(time)
  tzinfo.period_for_utc(time)
end

def require_tzinfo

def require_tzinfo
  require 'tzinfo' unless defined?(::TZInfo)
rescue LoadError
  $stderr.puts "You don't have tzinfo installed in your application. Please add it to your Gemfile and run bundle install"
  raise
end

def time_now

def time_now
  Time.now
end

def to_s

Returns a textual representation of this time zone.
def to_s
  "(GMT#{formatted_offset}) #{name}"
end

def today

Return the current date in this time zone.
def today
  tzinfo.now.to_date
end

def us_zones

for time zones in the USA.
A convenience method for returning a collection of TimeZone objects
def us_zones
  @us_zones ||= all.find_all { |z| z.name =~ /US|Arizona|Indiana|Hawaii|Alaska/ }
end

def utc_offset

Returns the offset of this time zone from UTC in seconds.
def utc_offset
  if @utc_offset
    @utc_offset
  else
    @current_period ||= tzinfo.try(:current_period)
    @current_period.try(:utc_offset)
  end
end

def utc_to_local(time)

ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instance, use Time#in_time_zone() instead.
represented by +self+. Returns a Time.utc() instance -- if you want an
Adjust the given time to the simultaneous time in the time zone
def utc_to_local(time)
  tzinfo.utc_to_local(time)
end

def zones_map

def zones_map
  @zones_map ||= begin
    new_zones_names = MAPPING.keys - lazy_zones_map.keys
    new_zones       = Hash[new_zones_names.map { |place| [place, create(place)] }]
    lazy_zones_map.merge(new_zones)
  end
end