Rails: TimeWithZone comparing times in different zones

Question

Say I have a dispatch system running on eastern time, and it deals with events in multiple time zones. It has a method like:

def starts_today?
  event.start_time <= Time.current.end_of_day
end

How would you set this up so the starts_today? method is accurate to the event's local time zone?

Answer 1

So, to convert to local time which is easter time zone

def starts_today?
  event.start_time <= Time.current.end_of_day.in_time_zone("Eastern Time (US & Canada)")
end

Answer 2

You can use local time also

Time.now.getlocal.zone

Time.zone.name

If u want all time zone use this one

ActiveSupport::TimeZone.zones_map.values.collect{|z| z.name}.compact

http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/TimeZone.html

http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-2.1.1/Time.html