# Setting Fixed Time Zone (without time savings) **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [December 21, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-fixed-time-zone-without-time-savings/180558 "2009-12-21T20:21:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-fixed-time-zone-without-time-savings/180558/1 "2009-12-21T20:21:06Z")
Hi, all Ruby 1.8.6 Rails 2.3.2 Environment.rb config.time\_zone = ‘Buenos Aires’ ## This zone is usually GMT -3:00hs but in this moment os the year it gives GMT -2.00 hs because the world time saving conventions…but…our country (Argentina) don’t adopt the time saving convention this year… How can I set the time zone to get an fixed GMT -3.00 ? Thanks Fabián You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-fixed-time-zone-without-time-savings/180558/2 "2009-12-22T00:03:33Z")
Quoting FF [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > conventions…but…our country (Argentina) don’t adopt the time > saving convention this year… > How can I set the time zone to get an fixed GMT -3.00 ? Update/Patch your OS, seriously. First example below is on a newly installed OpenSuSE 11.2. Or second method below (per [http://rails.rubyonrails.org/](http://rails.rubyonrails.org/)). Both are UTC -03:00. You indicate that your computer is giving you Buenos Aires is UTC -02:00. If the OS has been patched recently, try restarting the Rails server to get the new TZ info. > > tz = ActiveSupport::TimeZone[“Buenos Aires”] > > =\> #\ > @name=“Buenos Aires”\> > > tz = ActiveSupport::TimeZone[-3] > > =\> #\ > @name=“Brasilia”\> HTH, Jeffrey – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-fixed-time-zone-without-time-savings/180558/3 "2009-12-22T19:16:39Z")
Hi Jeffrey. My OS is WindowsXP SP3. The time saving is running ok for all the apps in the computer. So my computer is giving me, UTC -03:00. Rails with the time\_zone set to “Buenos Aires”…gives -02:00 so the problem is only with Rails. FabiánOn 21 dic, 20:01, “Jeffrey L. Taylor” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > This zone is usually GMT -3:00hs but in this moment os the year it > > > > tz = ActiveSupport::TimeZone[“Buenos Aires”] > > =\> #\\>\> tz = ActiveSupport::TimeZone[-3] > > =\> #\ > > HTH, > Jeffrey – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-fixed-time-zone-without-time-savings/180558/4 "2009-12-22T21:07:16Z")
> > > config.time\_zone = ‘Buenos Aires’ > > > Aires is UTC -02:00. If the OS has been patched recently, try restarting the > > > My OS is WindowsXP SP3. The time saving is running ok for all the apps > > > in the computer. > > > So my computer is giving me, UTC -03:00. > > > Rails with the time\_zone set to “Buenos Aires”…gives -02:00 so the > > > problem is only with Rails. > > Fabián Which version of ActiveSupport do you have? I had assumed that TZ info was coming from the OS, but digging into the Rails libraries, that turns out not to be true. Shame on me. The information is in: activesupport-2.x.y/lib/active\_support/vendor/tzinfo-0.3.12/tzinfo/definitions/America/Argentina/Buenos\_Aires.rb Note: if the version of tzinfo is different, this probably is where your problem is. I checked ActiveSupport 2.3.3 and 2.3.5 and they are the same. Jeffrey – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 8:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-fixed-time-zone-without-time-savings/180558/5 "2009-12-26T08:20:03Z")
On Dec 23, 7:58 pm, FF [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > # tz.transition 2010, 3, :o4, 1269136800 You might try updating your tzinfo gem (if you have it installed it takes precendence over the one bundled in rails) - new versions are released every so often incorporating changes to the definition files Fred > On 22 dic, 17:05, “Jeffrey L. Taylor” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > > > Rails 2.3.2 > > > > > Update/Patch your OS, seriously. First example below is on a newly installed > > > coming from the OS, but digging into the Rails libraries, that turns out not > > to be true. Shame on me. The information is in: > > > activesupport-2.x.y/lib/active\_support/vendor/tzinfo-0.3.12/tzinfo/definiti ons/America/Argentina/Buenos\_Aires.rb > > > Note: if the version of tzinfo is different, this probably is where your > > problem is. I checked ActiveSupport 2.3.3 and 2.3.5 and they are the same. > > > Jeffrey – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-fixed-time-zone-without-time-savings/180558/6 "2009-12-28T23:57:52Z")
That Works. I have tzinfo-0.3.12 gem Upgrade to tzinfo-0.3.15 gem Thanks a lot to all of the buddies Fabián On 24 dic, 13:36, Frederick C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > > > config.time\_zone = ‘Buenos Aires’ > > > > > > Aires is UTC -02:00. If the OS has been patched recently, try restarting the > > > > > > My OS is WindowsXP SP3. The time saving is running ok for all the apps > > > > > > activesupport-2.x.y/lib/active\_support/vendor/tzinfo-0.3.12/tzinfo/definiti ons/America/Argentina/Buenos\_Aires.rb > > > > Note: if the version of tzinfo is different, this probably is where your > > > problem is. I checked ActiveSupport 2.3.3 and 2.3.5 and they are the same. > > > > Jeffrey – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 8:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-fixed-time-zone-without-time-savings/180558/7 "2009-12-26T08:46:24Z")
Well…I want the things working…with glory or frustratation… I know that there´s no a lot of buddies here in the south dealing with this rails problems…and I know too that rails do not how to know that our contry is the only in this zone that no use this year the time saving… So I appreciate a lot you atention and help adout this issua…you keep with the glory…I only want to know how do this this work… Thanks again Fabián On 23 dic, 21:31, “Jeffrey L. Taylor” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > =\> true > =\> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:24:32 ART -03:00\>\> Time.now.in\_time\_zone(ActiveSupport::TimeZone[‘Buenos Aires’]).dst? > You want the glory/frustration of reporting this bug? > > > definitions/America/Argentina/Buenos\_Aires.rb > > tz.transition 2010, 10, :o5, 1287284400 > > > > > > > How can I set the time zone to get an fixed GMT -3.00 ? > > > > > Fabián > > > – > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google G. “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. > > To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. > > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en).