Rails 3: How to get today's date in specific timezone?

Question

To get today\'s date I do:

Date.today    # => Fri, 20 May 2011

I would like to get today\'s date in a specific timezone, say \'Melbour

Answer 1

In Rails 3 you can simply do this by calling to_time_in_current_zone on a Date object.

Date.today.to_time_in_current_zone