# Time departure of timestamp and realtime

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-departure-of-timestamp-and-realtime/152872>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 8, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-departure-of-timestamp-and-realtime/152872 "2008-11-08T18:58:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![chaosbanane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@chaosbanane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chaosbanane)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-departure-of-timestamp-and-realtime/152872/1 "2008-11-08T18:58:57Z")

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Hi

How can remove a difference of 1 houre from the timestamp and the real  
time?

If i type date in my linux shell, the result fits to the real date and  
time but in my application is it 1 houre earlier.

Greeting Chaos

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**Author:** ![chaosbanane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@chaosbanane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chaosbanane)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-departure-of-timestamp-and-realtime/152872/2 "2008-11-11T22:09:11Z")

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perhaps you need to set your time zone:

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On Nov 8, 12:58 pm, Andi G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![chaosbanane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@chaosbanane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chaosbanane)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 11:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-departure-of-timestamp-and-realtime/152872/3 "2008-11-11T23:56:35Z")

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Thanks Jeff!

I have changed the the timezone to ‘Berlin’ and this works out great!

Thanks, cyaaa Andi