Class: Harvest::User

Inherits:
BaseModel show all
Includes:
HappyMapper
Defined in:
lib/harvest/user.rb

Overview

The model that contains information about a task

Fields

id

(READONLY) the id of the user

email

the email of the user

first_name

the first name for the user

last_name

the last name for the user

telephone

the telephone for the user

+department

the department for the user

password|password_confirmation

the password for the user (only used on create.)

has_access_to_all_future_projects

whether the user should be added to future projects by default

hourly_rate

what the default hourly rate for the user is

admin?

whether the user is an admin

contractor?

whether the user is a contractor

contractor?

whether the user is a contractor

timezone

the timezone for the user.

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from BaseModel

#==, api_path, #attributes=, #initialize, #to_i, #to_xml

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from Harvest::BaseModel

Instance Method Details

#timezone=(timezone) ⇒ Object

Sets the timezone for the user. This can be done in a variety of ways.

Examples

user.timezone = :cst # the easiest way. CST, EST, MST, and PST are supported

user.timezone = 'america/chicago' # a little more verbose

user.timezone = 'Central Time (US & Canada)' # the most explicit way



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# File 'lib/harvest/user.rb', line 50

def timezone=(timezone)
  tz = timezone.to_s.downcase
  case tz
  when 'cst', 'cdt' then self.timezone = 'america/chicago'
  when 'est', 'edt' then self.timezone = 'america/new_york'
  when 'mst', 'mdt' then self.timezone = 'america/denver'
  when 'pst', 'pdt' then self.timezone = 'america/los_angeles'
  else
    if Harvest::Timezones::MAPPING[tz]
      @timezone = Harvest::Timezones::MAPPING[tz]
    else
      @timezone = timezone
    end
  end
end