# EBR Time.now display problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ebr-time-now-display-problem/106238>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 7, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ebr-time-now-display-problem/106238 "2007-06-07T20:01:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Teeson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Peter\_Teeson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Peter_Teeson)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ebr-time-now-display-problem/106238/1 "2007-06-07T20:01:13Z")

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As a new RoR user I need a little help please. I am using Mac OS X  
10.4.9 and  
Ruby version 1.8.6 (powerpc-darwin8.8.0) RubyGems version 0.9.2 Rails  
version 1.2.3  
Active Record version 1.15.3 Action Pack version 1.13.3 Action Web  
Service version 1.2.3  
Action Mailer version 1.3.3 Active Support version 1.4.2

In one of my layouts I have the following:

This is a listing of all the records   
 in the contacts database   
 as of \<%= Time.now %\>

but it displays like this:

This is a listing of all the records  
in the contacts database  
as of Thu Jun 07 12:49:59 -0400 2007

All the docs I have read (Programming Ruby, Agile Web Dev)  
say it should display EDT instead of the offset from UTC :

Thu Jun 07 12:49:59 EDT 2007

What can I do to track down why this is happening so I can fix it.  
TIA for your advice.

respect…

Peter  
(retired, programming on Mac since 1984, mainframes since 1967)