# Timezone

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/timezone/194102>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 30, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/timezone/194102 "2010-08-30T11:58:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![msan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@msan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/msan)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/timezone/194102/1 "2010-08-30T11:58:31Z")

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I don’t know if timezone really works in rails.  
In my rails 3 application.rb file I have:

config.time\_zone = ‘Rome’  
config.i18n.default\_locale = :it  
config.encoding = “utf-8”

My database is postgres.  
I’ve created some migrations and put some records.  
The time in created\_at and updated\_at fields is 2 hours back.  
Why?

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**Author:** ![msan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@msan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/msan)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/timezone/194102/2 "2010-08-30T14:58:51Z")

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On 30 August 2010 10:47, Mauro [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Why?  
> All times put into the db should be in UTC, is that what you are  
> seeing? Make sure you look directly in the db to check this, do not  
> use Rails as then you may be seeing it adjusted unless you are  
> careful.

Colin