How do I Convert DateTime.now to UTC in Ruby?

Question

If I have d = DateTime.now, how do I convert \'d\' into UTC (with the appropriate date)?

Answer 1

d = DateTime.now.utc

Oops!

That seems to work in Rails, but not vanilla Ruby (and of course that is what the question is asking)

d = Time.now.utc

Does work however.

Is there any reason you need to use DateTime and not Time? Time should include everything you need:

irb(main):016:0> Time.now
=> Thu Apr 16 12:40:44 +0100 2009