Class: ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/hackapp_gem.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#change_timezone(options) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/hackapp_gem.rb', line 5

def change_timezone(options)
  zones = {"eastern" => -5,
           "central" => -6,
           "mountain" => -7,
           "arizona" => -7,
           "pacific" => -8,
           "alaska" => -9,
           "aleutian" => -10,
           "hawaiian" => -11
            }
  begin
    end_zone_offset = zones[options[:new_timezone]]
    newhour = self.hour + end_zone_offset
    self.to_datetime.change(:hour => newhour).to_datetime
  rescue Exception => e
    puts "Unrecognizeable timezone, please use either 'eastern', 'central', 'mountain', 'arizona', 'pacific', 'alaska', 'aleutian', or 'hawaiian' #{e}"
  end
end