class ActiveSupport::TimeZone

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