# How do I get a Time for today at a specific hour?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-get-a-time-for-today-at-a-specific-hour/150279>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 6, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-get-a-time-for-today-at-a-specific-hour/150279 "2008-10-06T21:31:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![hotspoons](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@hotspoons](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotspoons)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-get-a-time-for-today-at-a-specific-hour/150279/1 "2008-10-06T21:31:41Z")

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I’m using Time Zones – and would like to get a time for today at 3 am?

Is there something available like this?

Time.zone.now.parse(‘03:00:00’)

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**Author:** ![hotspoons](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@hotspoons](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotspoons)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-get-a-time-for-today-at-a-specific-hour/150279/2 "2008-10-06T21:36:31Z")

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ok – i think i’ve got it …

Time.zone.now + 3.hours

Rich S. wrote:

> I’m using Time Zones – and would like to get a time for today at 3 am?
> 
> Is there something available like this?
> 
> Time.zone.now.parse(‘03:00:00’)

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**Author:** ![hotspoons](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@hotspoons](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotspoons)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-get-a-time-for-today-at-a-specific-hour/150279/3 "2008-10-06T21:38:57Z")

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opps – my bad …

Time.zone.today + 3.hours