Rails 3: How to get today's date in specific timezone?

Question

To get today\'s date I do:

Date.today    # => Fri, 20 May 2011

I would like to get today\'s date in a specific timezone, say \'Melbour

Answer 1

You should be able to do this: Time.current. That would display the current time in Melbourne if that's what Time.zone is set to.