Cannot store correct Time in timezone

I am storing a Time record w a timezone like : an event at 9:30 in
Paris time

(rdb:1) Time.zone = “Europe/Paris”
“Europe/Paris”
(rdb:1) Time.new(2012, 12, 3, 9, 30, 0).in_time_zone(“Europe/Paris”)
Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:30:00 CET +01:00

Now I want to store another event occurring also at 9:30 but in London
time
/London"
(rdb:1) Time.new(2012, 12, 3, 9, 30, 0).in_time_zone(“Europe/London”)
Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:30:00 GMT +00:00

which is wrong … I want this event at 9:30 GMT !!

what’s wrong there ?
thanks for feedback

Time. New uses the default system timezone when no one is given, so u
say
that you want 9:30 of your systems timezone in GMT, which is probably
8:30
GMT, depending on your local time zone.

You have to add the corresponding parameter to Time. New. Take a look at
its documentation.
Am 03.12.2012 12:10 schrieb “Erwin” [email protected]:

Thanks Norbert, my issue is that I don’t see how to do that :

As per the doc I can defined the time_zone to be used for a specific
block

(rdb:1) Time.use_zone(“Europe/London”){ Time.now.in_time_zone }
Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:33:24 GMT +00:00

(rdb:1) Time.use_zone(“Europe/Paris”){ Time.now.in_time_zone }
Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:33:41 CET +01:00

This is fine with Time.now , but not with a Time.new …

(rdb:1) Time.use_zone(“Europe/London”){ Time.new(2012, 12, 3, 9, 30, 0)
}
2012-12-03 09:30:00 +0100

(rdb:1) Time.use_zone(“Europe/Paris”){ Time.new(2012, 12, 3, 9, 30, 0) }
2012-12-03 09:30:00 +0100

I cannot believe that there is no way to do the same for Time.new … ?

Le lundi 3 dcembre 2012 12:21:01 UTC+1, Norbert M. a crit :

[SOLVED] Time.zone.local(2012, 12, 3, 9, 30, 0) inside the
TIme.use_zone did it …

1.9.3p194 :011 > Time.use_zone(“Europe/London”){ Time.zone.local(2012,
12,
3, 9, 30, 0) }
=> Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:30:00 GMT +00:00

1.9.3p194 :012 > Time.use_zone(“Europe/Paris”){ Time.zone.local(2012,
12,
3, 9, 30, 0) }
=> Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:30:00 CET +01:00

1.9.3p194 :013 > Time.use_zone(“Asia/Singapore”){ Time.zone.local(2012,
12, 3, 9, 30, 0) }
=> Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:30:00 SGT +08:00

Le lundi 3 dcembre 2012 15:39:04 UTC+1, Erwin a crit :

sorry I pasted the wrong test , but the result is the same

Time.use_zone(“Europe/London”){ Time.new(2012, 12, 3, 9, 30,
0).in_time_zone }
Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:30:00 GMT +00:00 # => I want 9:30 GMT there

(rdb:1) Time.use_zone(“Europe/Paris”){ Time.new(2012, 12, 3, 9, 30,
0).in_time_zone }
Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:30:00 CET +01:00

Le lundi 3 dcembre 2012 12:10:34 UTC+1, Erwin a crit :

Time.new has a parameter for the timezone offset, use it, it would make
your code more clean

2012/12/3 Erwin [email protected]

[SOLVED] Time.zone.local(2012, 12, 3, 9, 30, 0) inside the
TIme.use_zone did it …

1.9.3p194 :011 > Time.use_zone(“Europe/London”){ Time.zone.local(2012, 12,
3, 9, 30, 0) }
=> Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:30:00 GMT +00:00

Time.new(2012, 12, 3, 9, 30, 0, “+00:00”)

1.9.3p194 :012 > Time.use_zone(“Europe/Paris”){ Time.zone.local(2012, 12,
3, 9, 30, 0) }
=> Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:30:00 CET +01:00

Time.new(2012, 12, 3, 9, 30, 0, “+01:00”)

1.9.3p194 :013 > Time.use_zone(“Asia/Singapore”){ Time.zone.local(2012,
12, 3, 9, 30, 0) }
=> Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:30:00 SGT +08:00

Time.new(2012, 12, 3, 9, 30, 0, “+08:00”)