Method: ActiveSupport::TimeZone#formatted_offset

Defined in:

lib/active_support/values/time_zone.rb

#formatted_offset(colon = true, alternate_utc_string = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns a formatted string of the offset from UTC, or an alternative string if the time zone is already UTC.

zone = ActiveSupport::TimeZone['Central Time (US & Canada)']
zone.formatted_offset        # => "-06:00"
zone.formatted_offset(false) # => "-0600"

# File 'lib/active_support/values/time_zone.rb', line 305

def formatted_offset(colon = true, alternate_utc_string = nil)
  utc_offset == 0 && alternate_utc_string || self.class.seconds_to_utc_offset(utc_offset, colon)
end