to_timezone

ToTimezone

Easily convert Time and DateTime objects to different time zones using intuitive methods like .to_pht, .to_ict, and more.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'to_timezone'

Then execute:

bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

gem install to_timezone

Usage

This gem allows you to call methods like to_utc, to_pht, and others to convert Time and DateTime objects to different time zones.

Example:

# Current time in your local timezone
current_time = Time.now

# Convert to a specific timezone (e.g., Manila)
manila_time = current_time.to_pht  # => Asia/Manila time zone

puts manila_time # => 2025-02-07 10:53:47.355858000 PST +08:00

or with Strings:

pht = "2014-07-05 14:30:00".to_ph
puts pht # => 2014-07-05 14:30:00 +08:00

Supported Timezones:

Method	Timezone Name
to_idlw	Etc/GMT+12
to_utc	Etc/UTC
to_mit	Pacific/Midway
to_sst_sam	Pacific/Apia
to_sst	Pacific/Pago_Pago
to_hst	Pacific/Honolulu
to_akst	America/Juneau
to_pst	America/Los_Angeles
to_pst_tj	America/Tijuana
to_mst	America/Denver
to_mst_az	America/Phoenix
to_cst	America/Chicago
to_cst_sk	America/Regina
to_cst_gdl	America/Mexico_City
to_cst_mt	America/Monterrey
to_cst_ca	America/Guatemala
to_est	America/New_York
to_est_in	America/Indiana/Indianapolis
to_est_bg	America/Bogota
to_est_lm	America/Lima
to_ast	America/Halifax
to_ast_pr	America/Puerto_Rico
to_vet	America/Caracas
to_bot	America/La_Paz
to_clt	America/Santiago
to_nst	America/St_Johns
to_brt	America/Sao_Paulo
to_art	America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
to_uyt	America/Montevideo
to_gyt	America/Guyana
to_wgt	America/Godthab
to_mia	Atlantic/South_Georgia
to_azt	Atlantic/Azores
to_cvt	Atlantic/Cape_Verde
to_gmt	Europe/Dublin
to_gmt_lon	Europe/London
to_wet	Europe/Lisbon
to_cet	Africa/Casablanca
to_gmt_lbr	Africa/Monrovia
to_cet_bg	Europe/Belgrade
to_cet_bs	Europe/Bratislava
to_cet_bd	Europe/Budapest
to_cet_lj	Europe/Ljubljana
to_cet_pg	Europe/Prague
to_cet_sv	Europe/Sarajevo
to_cet_sk	Europe/Skopje
to_cet_wz	Europe/Warsaw
to_cet_zg	Europe/Zagreb
to_cet_brussels	Europe/Brussels
to_cet_cp	Europe/Copenhagen
to_cet_md	Europe/Madrid
to_cet_pr	Europe/Paris
to_cet_am	Europe/Amsterdam
to_cet_br2	Europe/Berlin
to_cet_zr	Europe/Zurich
to_cet_ro	Europe/Rome
to_cet_st	Europe/Stockholm
to_cet_vn	Europe/Vienna
to_cet_wa	Africa/Algiers
to_eet	Europe/Bucharest
to_eet_cai	Africa/Cairo
to_eet_hls	Europe/Helsinki
to_eet_kv	Europe/Kiev
to_eet_ri	Europe/Riga
to_eet_sf	Europe/Sofia
to_eet_tl	Europe/Tallinn
to_eet_vi	Europe/Vilnius
to_eet_at	Europe/Athens
to_eet_is	Europe/Istanbul
to_fet	Europe/Minsk
to_idt	Asia/Jerusalem
to_cat	Africa/Harare
to_sast	Africa/Johannesburg
to_usz1	Europe/Kaliningrad
to_msk	Europe/Moscow
to_vlg	Europe/Volgograd
to_sam	Europe/Samara
to_ast_kw	Asia/Kuwait
to_ast_ry	Asia/Riyadh
to_eat	Africa/Nairobi
to_ast_bd	Asia/Baghdad
to_irst	Asia/Tehran
to_gst	Asia/Muscat
to_azt_baku	Asia/Baku
to_get	Asia/Tbilisi
to_amt	Asia/Yerevan
to_aft	Asia/Kabul
to_yekt	Asia/Yekaterinburg
to_pkt	Asia/Karachi
to_uzt	Asia/Tashkent
to_ist	Asia/Kolkata
to_npt	Asia/Kathmandu
to_bst	Asia/Dhaka
to_lkt	Asia/Colombo
to_almt	Asia/Almaty
to_novt	Asia/Novosibirsk
to_burm	Asia/Rangoon
to_ict	Asia/Bangkok
to_wib	Asia/Jakarta
to_krat	Asia/Krasnoyarsk
to_cst_cn	Asia/Shanghai
to_hkt	Asia/Hong_Kong
to_xin	Asia/Urumqi
to_myt	Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
to_sgt	Asia/Singapore
to_cst_tpe	Asia/Taipei
to_awst	Australia/Perth
to_irkt	Asia/Irkutsk
to_ulat	Asia/Ulaanbaatar
to_kst	Asia/Seoul
to_jst	Asia/Tokyo
to_yakt	Asia/Yakutsk
to_acst	Australia/Darwin
to_acdt	Australia/Adelaide
to_aedt	Australia/Canberra
to_aest	Australia/Melbourne
to_aest_syd	Australia/Sydney
to_aest_bne	Australia/Brisbane
to_aet	Australia/Hobart
to_pht	Asia/Manila

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/to_timezone. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the ToTimezone project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.