require 'date' require 'active_support/core_ext/time/zones' class DateTime # Returns the simultaneous time in Time.zone. # # Time.zone = 'Hawaii' # => 'Hawaii' # DateTime.new(2000).in_time_zone # => Fri, 31 Dec 1999 14:00:00 HST -10:00 # # This method is similar to Time#localtime, except that it uses Time.zone # as the local zone instead of the operating system's time zone. # # You can also pass in a TimeZone instance or string that identifies a TimeZone # as an argument, and the conversion will be based on that zone instead of # Time.zone. # # DateTime.new(2000).in_time_zone('Alaska') # => Fri, 31 Dec 1999 15:00:00 AKST -09:00 def in_time_zone(zone = ::Time.zone) if zone ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone.new(utc? ? self : getutc, ::Time.find_zone!(zone)) else self end end end