Convert timezone in Ruby

Question

I have a Ruby process that makes a log file:

operation completed at #{Time.now}

This generates a log file that contains:

operation completed at 2014-04-23 01:51:16 +0200

But the Ruby process runs on a server that is far from me, and I have another timezone. I have +05 timezone, and I want to see:

2014-04-23 03:51:16 +0500

What I should write instead of #{Time.now}?

Answer 1

The first thing that comes to mind for me is:

DateTime.now.new_offset('+5:00').strftime('%F %T %z')

You'll have to require 'date' first.