ruby get Time in given timezone

Question

In ruby, how can I get current time in a given timezone? I know the offset from UTC, and want to get the current time in the timezone with that offset.

Answer 1

gem install tzinfo

Then

require 'tzinfo'

tz = TZInfo::Timezone.get('US/Pacific')
Time.now.getlocal(tz.current_period.offset.utc_total_offset)