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

You should be able to do this: Time.current. That would display the current time in Melbourne if that's what Time.zone is set to.

Answer 2

For valid timezone names, checkout: http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/TimeZone.html

Answer 3

ruby-1.9.2-p0 :004 > Time.now
 => 2011-05-19 15:46:45 +0100 
ruby-1.9.2-p0 :006 > Time.now.in_time_zone('Melbourne')
 => Fri, 20 May 2011 00:47:00 EST +10:00 
ruby-1.9.2-p0 :007 > Time.now.in_time_zone('Melbourne').to_date
 => Fri, 20 May 2011

Answer 4

Date.current

Date.current is probably the most clear and succinct way, and was added in Rails 3.

$ Date.current
#=> Sat, 14 Jul 2018

http://apidock.com/rails/v3.2.13/Date/current/class

Answer 5

use DateTime class

DateTime.now.in_time_zone 'Melbourne'

Answer 6

Date objects don't necessarily have timezones, but Time objects do. You can try it as a Time, then convert back to a Date:

Time.now.to_date
# => Thu, 19 May 2011 
Time.now.in_time_zone('Melbourne').to_date
# => Fri, 20 May 2011