Modifying the timezone in Ruby or with ActiveSupport
Sometimes you may need to query an SQL record in ruby and convert the UTC time into a local timezone. This is usually done in a framework like Ruby on Rails. Many web frameworks use the Active Support gem. From their enhanced tooling, they may set the timezone on the thread by calling: Time.zone = "Requests Time Zone". The Time class in ruby (w/ ActiveSupport) can then access this by calling the getter method: Time.zone Here are some examples of how this plays out in action. See the TimeZone documentation if you need more info. Hope this may be helpful and please comment if you have any questions or additional advice!