[Rails] Re: Using timezone javascript to set Time.zone

Thanks for the replies.

The solution I've come up with for now is to use the javascript that
determines the timezone to store the timezone in a cookie using the
onload event. I then read it back out of the cookie in Rails with a
before_filter on application_controller.rb.

I'm not convinced its the best solution as obviously not everyone
turns cookies on, hmmm...

detect_timezone.js :
jstz.set_timezone_in_cookie = function () {
var tz_info = jstz.determine_timezone();
document.cookie="timezone =" + tz_info.timezone.olson_tz;
}

application_controller.rb :
before_filter :set_timezone
def set_timezone
Time.zone = request.cookies["timezone"]
end

Any thoughts? Many thanks.

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