[Rails] Re: TimeZone Select Problemin Rails 3?

I take that back. It does not seem like it is depreciated as it is in
the latest rails docs...

On Apr 19, 11:05 am, "tashfeen.ekram" <tashfeen.ek...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> As it seems like TimeZone has been depreciated (http://apidock.com/
> rails/TimeZone). what is the time zone library that should be used?
>
> Should we be using TZinfo?
>
> On Apr 15, 12:44 pm, "tashfeen.ekram" <tashfeen.ek...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > OK. So, it will always display times on the select menu according to
> > standardtime? I just thought since we are in day light savingstime
> > which would make the Easterntimezoneis GMT -4, it should say GMT -4
> > rather than GMT -5 which is what it is in standardtime. Basically, it
> > does not actually adjust?
>
> > On Apr 14, 9:15 am, Bryan Crossland <bacrossl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 2:21 AM, Frederick Cheung <
>
> > > frederick.che...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > On 13 Apr 2011, at 02:55, "tashfeen.ekram" <tashfeen.ek...@gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > I am running Rails 3.0.3. I am using the below line of code to
> > > > > generate a list of possibletimezones.
>
> > > > > <%= form.time_zone_select :time_zone, ActiveSupport::TimeZone.us_zones
> > > > > %>
>
> > > > > However, the options at least for the US are off by one hour. It for
> > > > > example lists the EasternTimezoneas +5 relative to GMT however it
> > > > > should be +4.
>
> > > > Is this because at the moment daylight savingstimeis in effect?
>
> > > > Fred
>
> > > I would think so. Given that East Coast is -5 GMT always and is just
> > > adjusted forward if DST is honored. There are some places in the US where it
> > > is not honored.
>
> > > B.

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